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Photo: Kurdish girl. Iraq, 1997. Copyright Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas
Photo: Kurdish girl. Iraq, 1997. Copyright Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas

This page is background information, last updated in May 2002 and still available for reference. For the latest on the Special Session on Children, please go to the Special Session index.

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A World Fit for Children
Why world leaders are meeting

Press Releases

The World's Goals for Children, 1990-2000
World leaders meeting at the 1990 World Summit for Children established specific goals related to children. What did the world do in the last decade toward achieving those goals?

The Global Child
Profile of children born in 2000 ...

Issues and Information
Rich in data on a broad range of children's issues: birth registration, child protection, gender discrimination ...

Biographies
H.E. Dr. Han Seung-soo, President of the UN General Assembly;
H.E. Ms. M. Patricia Durrant, Chairperson of the Preparatory Committee for the Special Session on Children;
Ms. Carol Bellamy, Under Secretary of the UN, Executive Director of UNICEF

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Introduction
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Information for NGOs
Child rights in action
How is your country doing?
What you can do
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