World Fit For Children Millennium Development Goals, Special Session On Children Documents The Convention On The Rights Of The Child

The UN General Assembly's Special Session on Children in May 2002 attracted 69 summit-level participants and 190 high-level national delegations. They committed their governments to a time-bound set of specific goals for children and young people, and to a basic framework for getting there. This report contains the commitments that were part of the Special Session on Children: the Millennium Development Goals, earlier pledged to by all 189 UN Member States; the Children's Statement, ÔA World Fit for Us', delivered at the opening plenary by two young delegates; the consensus outcome document of the General Assembly, ÔA World Fit for Children', with goals and targets to be met; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified.Bellamy, Carol is the author of 'World Fit For Children Millennium Development Goals, Special Session On Children Documents The Convention On The Rights Of The Child', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756740290 and ISBN 0756740290.