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New General Assembly President Julian Robert Hunte of St. Lucia opens the 58th session with a strike of the gavel. At his left is Secretary-General Kofi Annan and right is Chen Jian, Under-Secretary-General of Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

General Assembly opens 58th session with plea for multilateralism and reform

16 September 2003
UN Affairs

The United Nations General Assembly opened its 58th annual session today with a minute of silence for staff killed in the terrorist attack in Baghdad, a pledge to persevere in the speedy restoration of sovereignty to the Iraqi people, a promise to pursue the benefits of multilateralism embodied by the world organization and a plea for reform.

On day against child labour, two UN agencies highlight trafficking of youngsters

12 June 2003
Women

Commemorating the second World Day Against Child Labour, two United Nations agencies today drew global attention to an estimated 1.2 million children trafficked each year into domestic servitude, sexual abuse, involuntary marriage and hazardous work.