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Summary: CRIN aims to facilitate networking
amongst child rights organisations
for
the Special Session on Children and
preparatory meetings. If your group
is
organizing meetings, events, or
discussions at the country or
regional
levels, complete and submit the
attached form to CRIN.
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Share information about caucuses,
coalitions and other groups
NGOs working together towards the UN General Assembly Special
Session on Children
From 19 to 21 September 2001, the UN General Assembly will
convene a Special Session to review the achievements of the
goals of the 1990 World Summit for Children and to finalise an
action plan for children for the next decade.
The UN meeting will be the first real opportunity in ten years to
move child rights to the top of the world agenda. More than
3,500 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), child advocates
and young people will meet together with government leaders
and Heads of State.
The real challenge to NGOs, young people and other parts of civil
society will be to ensure that the UN General Assembly and
Member States make a commitment to real action that can be
monitored and measured. NGOs should discuss with their
governments how to ensure the development of a simpler and
more effective action plan, with ambitious timetables and
strategies.
The draft action plan to be agreed at the Special Session is being
discussed at a preparation meeting for the Special Session from
January 29 to February 2. At that meeting Governments have
joined NGOs in calling for a shorter, more succinct action plan.
The Child Rights Caucus, which represents many child rights
NGOs present at that meeting, has urged governments to use
the Special Session as an opportunity to build on progress in
implementation of the Convention over the last decade and to
achieve related commitments from the World Summit for Children
and other international meetings during the 1990s. The third and
final meeting of the Preparatory Committee will be held from June
11 to 15, 2001.
The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) aims to facilitate
networking amongst child rights organisations for the Special
Session on Children and its preparatory meetings. This includes
providing national NGOs with more information about country and
regional-level activities, and supporting caucuses, national
coalitions and other groups in making their information more
accessible throughout the child rights community.
Let others know what you are doing. If your group is organising
meetings, events, or discussions at the country or regional levels,
complete and submit the attached form to CRIN. We'll help you
work together towards the Special Session on Children!
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Complete this form to share information
Let other child right organisations know what you are doing. If
your group is organising meetings, events, or discussions at the
country or regional levels complete and submit the attached form
to CRIN. We'll help you work together towards the Special
Session on Children.
The information will be included on CRIN's website for the Special
Session at www.crin.org/specialsession, and will be included in
our emails service and newsletter. Mail the completed form back
to CRIN at the address on the other side of this form. Contact us
if you have queries or suggestions.
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Contact information
Please confirm that you are the main contact:
Name of group:
Name:
Address:
Phone number:
Fax number:
Email address:
Website address for more information:
Type of group: __ caucus, __ national coalition, or __ other,
specify:
Purpose or goals of group:
Participation includes the following:
Activities to date (this includes position statements agreed to by
the group):
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Key issues and concerns for the group
__ Rights to identity and nationality (birth registration)
__ Participation
__ Violence against children
__ Education
__ Armed conflict
__ Child labour, bonded labour, contemporary forms of slavery
__ Support for parents and families
__ Poverty
__ Health
__ Disability
__ Sexual exploitation
__ Trafficking
__ Children and the justice system
__ Other, specify:
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Meetings, events and other activities
Name of meeting, event or other activity:
Name of organising group (if different from above):
Dates:
Location:
Short description of event: (attach a separate sheet if required):
Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
c/o Save the Children, 17 Grove Lane, London SE5 3RD, UK
Visiting address: 66 South Lambert Road
Phone: 00 44 207 716 2240
Fax: 00 44 207 793 7628
Email: [email protected] pdf: www.crin.org/docs/resources/publications/CRINSpecialSession.pdf