UN Special Session on Children

May 8-10, New York

 

Latest Coverage

 

[NOTE: View the May 7 webcast by the UN Foundation titled, “Reclaiming our Children: The UN Responds to the Plight of the Child Soldier”.]

 

 

May 14:

Washington Post: Second Opinion: Giving Birth Amid Despair and Danger

 

May 8-14:

Village Voice: Saviors of the Children

 

May 13:
Newsweek:

• Voices of the Children: ‘We Beat and Killed People...’
• Speaking Up for Themselves

 

May 12:

The New York Times: To Be Young and in Negotiations: A U.N. Education

NPR: The Issue of Child Welfare on a Global Scale

 

May 11:

Associated Press:

• U.S. Reaches Agreement with European and Latin American Nations on Sex Education, Abortion and the Death Penalty

The New York Times: Goals Set by U.N. Conference on Children Skirt Abortion

Washington Post: Divided U.N. Agrees on Plan for Aiding Children

 

May 10:
Associated Press:

• U.N. Refugee Chief Says Stricter Rules in Place to Avoid Sexual Abuse in Camps
• Palestinian push for mention in U.N. summit's final document angers U.S. and Israel
• Arab States Want UN Children Meeting to Rap Israel

New York Times: U.N. Forum Stalls on Sex Education and Abortion Rights

Reuters:

• UN Children Summit Snags on Abortion, Sex Ed
• Youngest Crucial to Anti-HIV Efforts: UNAIDS Chief
• Abortion, sex education snag UN children's summit

 

May 9:
Associated Press:

• 7 Million Children Suffer from Malnutrition, Stunted Growth in Mideast and North Africa: UNICEF Report
• Gates' Foundation Tackles Nutrition
• HHS Urges World's Kids to Be Active
• One World Leader Says Governments that Can Find Money for the Military Must Find Money for Education
• U.N. Children's Summit Opens 2nd Day

Chicago Tribune: Annan: We Have Failed the Children

London Free Press (Canada): Canada Pledges Aid to Columbian Kids

Los Angeles Times: U.N. Forum on Children Takes Up Abortion

New York Times:

• Children of War in Sierra Leone Try to Start Over
• U.N. Session Begins to Tally the Perils of Being Young

One World: Gender Equity Takes Center Stage at UN "Children's Summit"

Newsday: UN Urged To Hold Vatican Accountable For Sex Abuse

Washington Post:

• War on Words at Youth Summit
• Gates to Urge Health Care Aid

 

May 8:
Associated Press:

• As U.N. Children's Summit Opens, U.S. at Odds with Other Nations over Health and Other Rights
• As U.N. Meeting Opens, Pope Calls for Children Protection
• Children Take Front Stage at U.N. Summit Opening
• Employers Must Be Convinced Not to Hire Children, ILO Head Says
• Iodine Deficiency, a Main Cause of Mental Disabilities, Will Be Eliminated in Three Years across the Globe
• Iraqi Delegation Granted Visas to Attend U.N. Children's Summit

Boston Globe: Assembly to Debate Goals for Children

New York Times:

• U.N. Prepares for a Debate on the Dire Needs of Children
• Young Women at Risk

NPR:

• State of Kids Health
• U.N. Kids Summit

Reuters:

• U.S. Stresses Sex Abstinence at UN Children's Summit
• U.N.'s Annan: Adults Have Failed World's Children

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: One of the Worst Places in the World for Children

Wall Street Journal: U.N. Goals for Children's Welfare Prove to Still Be Painfully Elusive

May 7:

Associated Press:

• Indian Children to Tell United Nations: We Deserve Better
• Catholic Church critics demand an apology for sex abuse on eve of United Nations children's summit
• Children appeal to Security Council to protect the world's young people from the horrors of war
• Key Facts About Children's Summit

Los Angeles Times:

• U.S. Quits Treaty on Global Court; Diplomacy
• We Are Failing the Children of the World

Toronto Star: Creating a World Fit for Children

Women's Enews: U.N. to Focus on Teen Reproductive Health

 

May 6:

Associated Press:

• U.N.: One Child in Eight Facing Danger from Hazardous Labor
• Sri Lankan President Heads to U.N. to Raise Concerns about Children in Rebel Forces

Financial Times: One in Six Are Victims of Child Labor

Korea Herald: First Lady Lee to Leave for New York to Attend U.N. Conference on Children

Reuters: U.N. Says One in Six of World’s Children Work

 

May 5:

Newsday: World Summit on Kids: Do We Care?

Newsweek: Teen Raise Voices to Make Their Case

 

May 4:

The Guardian (London): AIDS Turns Back the Clock for World's Children

 

May 3:

Associated Press: A Decade Has Made a Big Difference, but Notable Failures also Confront U.N. Children’s Summit

Washington Times: A Global Issue

 

May 2:

Associated Press: Civilians Make Up More War Casualties

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks: Women, Children Suffered Most in War, NGO Says

 

April 26:

Xinhua General News Service: China Caring for Children’s Minds

 

April 19:

Xinhua General News Service: U.N. Finds 1 in 12 Children Dies before Age Five