"The well-being of children requires political action at the highest level. We are determined to take that action."
Declaration of the World Summit for Children, 1990

The United Nations Special Session on Children - A unique opportunity to take action on child rights and move forward from commitments made at the World Summit for Children, while using the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a strong foundation. CRIN applauds all those working towards this end.

CRIN resumes news coverage on 7 May 2002 via email and in paper format. To subscribe to this email discussion list, send a blank email to crin_specialsession-subscribe@domeus.co.uk

Read the latest versions of key documents for the Special Session:

• Read CRIN Working Paper No. 1, The United Nations Special Session on Children: time for action
• Agenda for the Special Session (includes official programme and supportingevents)
• A World Fit for Children, A/S-27/19/Rev.1 (official version in six available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian)
• NGO position statement
• The outcome is available in child-friendly language

CRIN welcomes your input. Please send us information on what your organisation is doing for the Special Session. Email us at info@crin.org