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Devoting resources to helping children will pay off in terms of reaching global development goals, senior United Nations officials said today as the General Assembly opened its three-day special session on children.

A new formula of oral rehydration salts just released by the World Health Organization (WHO) is expected to save the lives of millions suffering from acute diarrhoea and dehydration, a killer which particularly affects children under five.

Citing positive changes in the region, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today announced that as of the end of this year Eritreans would no longer be classified as refugees.

The new head of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) assumed his post today, stressing that good governance, clear strategic priorities and a stable budget were among the major goals of his work, which includes leading the UN's key anti-crime agency.

The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned the targeting and use of children in armed conflicts and called on all warring parties to immediately desist from such practices.

"Appalled" by the deadly suicide bomb attack in the town of Rishon Letzion in Israel, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated in the strongest possible terms his utter condemnation of all indiscriminate terrorist attacks against civilians.

After daylong deliberations and 25 rounds of voting, the United Nations General Assembly late on Tuesday condemned the attacks by Israeli occupying forces against the Palestinian people in several cities, decried the refusal by Israel to cooperate with a UN fact-finding mission to the Jenin refugee camp, and condemned all acts of violence and terror against Palestinian and Israeli civilians.

As millions of Buddhists celebrated the life of their spiritual leader today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged all people to work together towards the common good and a peaceful and harmonious coexistence.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today urged action to combat the "despicable and damaging" practice of conscripting children for military service.

Back in New York after its mission to the Great Lakes region of Africa, a delegation of the Security Council has called for an "inclusive agreement" to pave the way for a transitional administration in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).