[child-rights] CRIN Special Session on Children - Issue 33

13 March 2002: CRIN Special Session on Children -  Issue 33, Contents

- CHILD RIGHTS CAUCUS: Child Rights Caucus Planning Meeting [report]

- CHILD RIGHTS CAUCUS: Child Rights Caucus Strategy Day - 7 May 2002 [event]

- UNICEF: We the Children: Meeting the Promises of the World Summit for 
Children  [publication]


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- CHILD RIGHTS CAUCUS: Child Rights Caucus Planning Meeting [report]

This report documents the recent planning meeting of the Child Rights 
Caucus, which was attended by over 30 NGOs on 28 February 2002 to plan for 
the UN Special Session on Children.

The report provides an update of the goals of the meeting, which were:
1) to review the status of the outcome document and the negotiations;
2) to plan advocacy during the lead-up to the Special Session;
3) to discuss strategy for the Special Session itself
4) to continue the discussion on the future of the Caucus.

The report is available as a pdf on the CRIN website. Go to 
www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/CRCaucus_Update28Feb02.pdf

For further information, contact:
Child Rights Caucus
Jo Becker
Email: beckerj@hrw.org

Go to: http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2475&flag=report

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- CHILD RIGHTS CAUCUS: Child Rights Caucus Strategy Day - 7 May 2002 [event]

Prior to the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children, the Child 
Rights Caucus will hold a one- day strategy day on 7 May 2002. This event 
will last from 10am to 3pm and the agenda will include:

- a report on the informal negotiations;
- updates on advocacy activity by the Caucus, including lobbying of 
individual governments;
- review of the media plan for the Special Session and other
planned Caucus activities;
- decision-making regarding the future of the Caucus;

For further information, contact:
Child Rights Caucus
Jo Becker
Email: beckerj@hrw.org

http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=2476&flag=event

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- UNICEF: We the Children: Meeting the Promises of the World Summit for 
Children  [publication]

This document is a landmark report issued by UN Secretary-General Kofi 
Annan. It assesses the progress made in meeting the commitments made to the 
children around the globe at the 1990 World Summit for Children. The report 
includes best practices and lessons learned, obstacles to progress and a 
plan of action for building a world fit for children. It is available in 
pdf format or can be downloaded in sections from the UNICEF website. It is 
also accompanied by a Statistical Review, presenting the most recent data 
on children's rights and well-being.

For the report in pdf, go to: 
www.unicef.org/specialsession/about/sgreport-pdf/sgreport_adapted_eng.pdf

Or see: www.unicef.org/specialsession/about/sg-report.htm

This report is an adapted and abridged version of the Secretary-General's 
report We the Children: End-decade review of the follow-up to the World 
Summit for Children (A/S-27/3) which was released in May 2001. This report 
is available in word -
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/documentation/documents/
a-s-27-3e.doc or pdf  - 
http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/documentation/documents/
a-s-27-3e.pdf.

A summary of this document is also available on the CRIN Website
http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/Wethechild_sum.pdf

For further information, contact:
UNICEF - Division of Evaluation Policy & Planning
UNICEF Headquarters
UNICEF House, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Tel:  00 1 212 824 6740; Fax: 00 1 212 824 6474; Email: sschwarz@unicef.org
Website: www.unicef.org/reseval/

  http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=1677&flag='report'
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