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Third Preparatory Meeting for
UN Special Session on Children
WHO: At least 3,000 representatives of Governments and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), including some 200 young people
WHAT: The final preparatory committee meeting for the UN
Special Session on Children, taking place September 19-21 in New
York
WHEN: Monday 11 June - Friday 15 June
WHERE: The UN Secretariat Building, New York, Conference
Room 4
WHY: The third and final preparatory meeting will focus
on the outcome document that will be issued at the end of the Special
Session in September. Government representatives, including some
50 high-level officials, will spend the five days of the meeting
working to produce a document that meets the goals of the Special
Session: to get world leaders to recommit themselves to a bold agenda
for children in the coming decade.
The plenary discussion will also feature panels on children and
conflict and commercial sexual exploitation. In addition to the
plenary sessions, a full schedule of side events sponsored by individual
governments and organizations will be taking place.
In September, the Special Session will bring heads of state and
other leaders together to assess progress for the world's children
since the 1990 World Summit for Children. It will also challenge
them to renew their commitment to giving every child a better future
and to addressing emerging issues that have undermined progress
over the last 11 years.
Previous preparatory meetings for the Special Session on Children
were held in June 2000 and January 2001. UNICEF is serving as the
UN's substantive secretariat for the Session.
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For futher information, please contact:
Patsy
Robertson, UNICEF Media, New York
(212) 326-7270 e-mail probertson@unicef.org
Liza Barrie, UNICEF
Media Chief, New York
(212) 326-7593 e-mail lbarrie@unicef.org
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Regular updates are also available on the UNICEF homepage at www.unicef.org
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