For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 10, 2001
Statement by the Press Secretary
The United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
Special Session on Children will be headed by Secretary of Health and Human
Services Tommy Thompson and Secretary of Education Roderick Paige. Andrew
Natsios, Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, will also participate.
The Special Session will take place in New
York on September 19-21, 2001, immediately prior to the United Nations
General Assembly. The United States looks upon the Special
Session on Children as an opportunity to work together with other
nations to set the coming decade's priorities for children in the areas
of health, nutrition, basic education, and protection from exploitation
and armed conflict.
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