NGO coverage of the Special Session

Updates on the Special Session on Children

The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) played a key role in disseminating information on the Special Session on Children and its preparatory process. CRIN made use of its website, CRINMAIL e-mail service, newsletter and Special Session Updates to provide regular and up-to-date information on the Special Session and its preparatory processes, the status of the outcome document and actions being taken to further the Global Movement for Children.

NGOs, particularly those at country level, were well-informed on the Special Session on Children, and civil society organizations were encouraged to become more involved in country and regional level activities leading up and following the Special Session on Children.

CRIN is a global network that disseminates information about children's rights nationally, regionally and internationally among non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, educational institutions and other child rights experts. The network has a membership of over 1,100 organizations in over 100 countries. It strives to improve children's lives by exchanging information about child rights and promoting the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Copies of Special Session Updates and Newsletter are available at the CRIN website.

On the Record - a public voice for NGOs

The Steering Group of the NGO Steering Committee was also responsible for publication of the daily NGO newspaper, On the Record, which was inaugurated during the second Preparatory Committee meeting and kept the issues alive with electronic versions between meetings. Published by the Advocacy Project, On the Record was lively, informative and hard-hitting and put forth a strong NGO voice.

Covering the issues closest to NGOs, On the Record reported on the debates and resolutions taking place around the most sensitive issues in the outcome document. From its first day in business, On the Record ensured and encouraged the full participation of young journalists, by providing training and allowing them to manage the editorial content of several issues.

All the copies of On the Record writen before and during the Special Session can be found at the NGO Committee website.

You can also visit the Advocacy Project website.