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Summary: 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.
We the Children: Meeting the promises of the World Summit for
Children [ pdf (980 KB) ] is a landmark report issued by UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The report assesses the progress
made in meeting the commitments made to the children around
the globe at the 1990 World Summit for Children. It also includes
best practices and lessons learned, obstacles to progress, and a
plan of action for building a world fit for children.
This report (available in English, French and Spanish) 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)
HREF="http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/documentation/docu
ments/a-s-27-3e.doc">WORD (2.6 MB) or
HREF="http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/documentation/docu
ments/a-s-27-3e.pdf"> pdf (975KB) which was released in
May 2001 (available in English,
French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese).
Some of the data has been updated. The accompanying
Statistical Review to the adapted report presents the most recent
data on children's rights and well-being and is based on an
exhaustive 150-country data collection effort, the largest such
endeavour ever. We the Children will be particularly useful to
policy-makers, researchers, journalists and students as a
reference tool and a study of the progress that can be achieved
through goal-oriented development planning.
Visit www.childinfo.org
to search UNICEF's key statistical databases offering detailed
country-specific information.
pdf: www.unicef.org/specialsession/about/sgreport-pdf/sgreport_adapted_eng.pdf