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Event Highlights
Friday, 10 May
Full
Schedule of Events
Panel: Countering child Trafficking
10-11:30am
Conference Room 4
Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Juan
Somavia, Director-General of the ILO, headline this important
discussion of the growing global problem of child trafficking.
A host of NGOs active in fighting the trade will participate,
along with a youth delegate from Nepal. Trafficking in children
is driven by a complex mixture of poverty, hopelessness, and
criminal interests. Trafficked children are exploited as sex
workers, child soldiers, and labourers. Solutions and rehabilitation
for affected children will be addressed.
Healthy Children for A Healthy World
11:30am-1pm
Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium
Paediatric Associations from around the world gather to discuss
how village and community doctors can be harnessed as advocates
for general public health. Leading paediatricians from Africa,
Asia, the middle East, Latin America and the industialized
world will be featured in a discussion focused on sharing
lessons learned in public health efforts. The session will
conclude with a Call to Action to mobilize over 500,000 paediatricians
world-wide to support the goals set at the Special Session.
HIV/AIDS Press Briefing
12:30-1:00 pm
Room 226
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy and UNAIDS Executive
Director Peter Piot will appear jointly to talk about young
people and HIV.
Panel: Orphans and Other Children Made Vulnerable by AIDS
1:15-2:45pm
Conference Room 3
A growing global consensus on how to address the tragedy
of children orphaned or made vulnerable by AIDS will be the
central theme of this discussion, joined by USAID, the International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and UNICEF.
Governments will be challenged to accelerate their responses.
Inter-Generational Dialogue: Heads of State and Children
from Europe
Conference Room 6
2-3:30pm
Open to journalists. This session will feature direct interaction
and discussion between youth delegates and the political leaders
from their home region.
Building A Global Movement for Children
3-6 pm
Conference Room 4
Join a wide-ranging discussion of how to move forward toward
achieving the goals of the Special Session on Children. A
large cast of organizations involved in creating a "global
movement" for children will bring their perspectives
and best practice to the discussion.
UNICEF Press Briefing
4-4:30pm
Room 226
UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy will provide an update
on where things stand and what needs to happen beyond the
Special Session.
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