Child Poverty
 http://www.unicef.org/pon96/indust4.htm

This is a report for the Progress of Nations 1996.  It addresses the issue of poverty rates before and after government intervention.  The actual title of the article is “Safety nets for children are weakest in US.”

Progress of Nations Report 1996
 http://www.unicef.org/pon96/

These groups of reports rate the world according to achievements in child health, education, nutrition, progress for women, and family planning.  There are several links to these reports on this page that specifically address the needs of children.

State of the World's Children 1996 Report
 http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/

This is the 50th anniversary edition of UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children report.  It includes information about children in war, statistical information, and provides a history of children’s struggles over the past 50 years.

Tune in to Kids
 http://www.unicef.org/icdb/

This is one of many programs sponcered by UNICEF.  It is actually the product of UNICEF’s International Children’s Day of Broadcasting that will occur on December 12th.  It present children as change agents in their societies and highlights how children’s rights have become a reality in so many nations across the world.

UNICEF's National Committees & Field Offices
 http://www.unicef.org/gco/offices.htm

This is simply a directory of the UN’s premier organization for the rights of the child.  It provides links to UNICEF’s offices and committees in India, Peru, UK, and US.

UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
http://www.unicef.org/

This is the home page of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.  UNICEF was founded in 1946.  “UNICEF advocates and works for the protection of children's rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.”  It is the only UN organization devoted entirely, specifically to children.

UNICEF: Voices of Youth
http://www.unicef.org/voy/

This UNICEF program provides a meeting place for students and teachers to discuss important world events and issues.  In addition, the division entitled “the learning place” provides a place for students to challenge their minds with problem sets and educational activities.

UN Youth Information Network
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/

This site provides all kinds of resources for youth to learn, share, and communicate.  It was established for the purposes of encouraging youth participation in government, enhance awareness of youth issues, and encourage respect among youth worldwide.  It provides access to a Youth Reference Library, Youth Conferences and Events, Youth Web Sites, and Youth Bulletin Boards & News.
 

Elimination of Child Labor: ILO
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/90travai/index.htm

This site is from the ILO’s Working Conditions and Environment Department.  It addresses the issues of child labor elimination.  Be sure to check out both links to “elimination of child labor.”  The first is a link to a web sites devoted entirely to this issue while the second is a link to the child labor multimedia documentation center.
Both are sponcered by the International Labor Organization.

World of Work: Child Labor
 http://www.ilo.org/public/english/235press/magazine/18/child.htm

This article from the ILO’s official magazine specifically addresses the issue of child labor.  It is from the December 1996 edition and is officially entitled “Targeting the Intolerable.”  It is a tremendously moving and thought provoking article that should be read by anyone interested in the movement for or against child labor (particularly for those against).
 
 

Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow
 http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/special/habitat/index.html

Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow is an interactive product of the UN Cyber School Bus.  It is a program for students and teachers to learn about the history and future of urbanization.  It gives city profiles and highlights population density to show how the nations of today have changed from the nations of yesterday.

Commentary: Keeping Girls in Schools
 http://www.unicef.org/pon96/edgirls.htm

This is an education report about the many forces that end education for many of the world’s young girls.  It provides alarming statistics but also highlights some of the approachs taken by different countries to save education for their daughters.

Development Education Program: World Bank Group
http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/

The development education program is a product of the world bank.  It exists for the purposes of designing tools and resources for students and teachers.  It is principally for students and teachers at the secondary level.  These resources aid students and teachers in thinking about today’s social, environmental, and economic issues that affect their country and others around the world.

Education for All Forum
http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/index.html

Education for all is a product of UNESCO, theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.  It provides access to country reports, status and trend information, publications, special features, and the EFA 2000 bulletin.  This site is also sponcered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank.

Gender Gap in Schools
 http://www.unicef.org/pon96/edgender.htm

This is another report from the Progress of Nations 1996.  It examines 19 countries in the world where there is a significant gender gap between boys not in primary school and girls not in primary school.  It highlights the inequality between boys and girls particularly because girls are the usual victims of this inequality.

UN Cyber School Bus Elementary Planet
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/menuelem.htm

This is an interactive learning tool for primary students produced by the UN Cyber School Bus, the UN’s global teaching and learning project.  It provides access to country information, on-line interactive quizes, web animation that teaches, health information, and units about the UN.

UNESCO Task Force on Education for the Twenty-first Century
http://www.unesco.org/delors/

This is UNESCO’s primary site for their education task force.  It is essentially a task force that discusses the issues presented in UNESCO’s publication Learning: The Treasure Within.  This publication highlights the four pillars of education.  The book was published in 1996 and this task force has been created to follow-up on the issues presented in the book.

UN International School
 http://www.unis.org/

This school was established in 1947 for the purposes of both educating and preserving cultural diversity.  It is located in New York and offers education at the Junior, Middle, and High School levels.

The World Bank Group: Education
http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/HDNet/HD.nsf/SectorPages/Education?Opendocument

This site is essentially a directory of educational resources for students, parents, and teachers.  It is the result of the World Bank and is by far the most comprehensive UN education site available.
 
 

From the World Health Organization, a UN subsiary body, this site provides a wealth of information about children and their families.  It provides information about the management of childhood diseases, respiratory infections, cholera, and much more.  In addition, the “links” button on the home page provides a thorough directory of child health links.

Drug Demand Reduction
 http://www.undcp.org/drug_demand_reduction.html

This program is designed to reduce the demand for drugs in our world communities.  It particularly focuses on the drug usage among youth and how to reduce this percentage.  It highlights partnerships that have been effective in the fight against drugs and provides international policies and strategies regarding drug prevention.

Immunization
http://www.who.int/gpv/

This site provides information about vaccines and other biologicals being used on the world’s children to prevent such diseases as Acute respiratory virus (ARV), Diphtheria, Dengue, Haemophilus Influenzae Type B, Hepatitis B, Japanese Encephalitis, Measles, Meningococcal, Mumps, Neonatal Tetanus, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Rotavirus, Pneumococcal Disease, Shigella, Tetanus, Tuberculosis, Typhoid Fever, Varicella (chickenpox), Vitamin A deficiency, and Yellow fever.

Life Skills: AIDS Education
 http://www.unicef.org/pon95/educ0006.html

As part of the Progress of Nations reports, this article discusses the need for AIDS education in schools and among street kids.  It also provides a wonderful chart about which countries have introduced AIDS education into their curriculum and when.  The countries included may surprise you especially since the US is not included.

The State of the World’s Children: Focus on Nutrition
http://www.unicef.org/sowc98/

This portion of the State of the World’s Children report focuses specifically on the nutrition of the world’s children.  It specifically highlights the not so evident problem of malnutrition around the world as well as statistical tables.  In addition, it discusses the approaches that have worked in fighting the battle against malnutrition among children.

Substance Abuse
 http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/

This is a site produced by the Substance Abuse Department of the United Nations.  While it is not exclusively a site about children, it does provide a wealth of information that relates to children.  The best place to start is with the fact sheets and the “vulnerable groups” link.

UNAIDS
http://www.unaids.org/

This is the home page for the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS.  It is sponcered by UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNDCP, UNESCO, WHO, and World Bank.  Start with publications by subject.  The first subject heading will then be “children and young people.”  The information provided is alalrming.

What Kills Children?
 http://www.unicef.org/pon96/hepiecht.htm

This Progress of Nations report highlights the major causes of death for children under five years old in the developing world.
 
 

Children's Rights
 http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1765.htm

This site examines the issues behind children’s rights movements and events.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Committee on the Rights of the Child
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc.htm

This site provides session minutes, discussions, and press releases from the UN Human Rights Committee on the Rights of the Child.  The introduction link provides a number is useful and fascinating fact sheets about children rights’ issues.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Documents Index by Topic
http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/FramePage/Rappchildren+En?OpenDocument

As the name suggests, this site is simply an index of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.  Users can search by subject, country, body, mandate, symbol, and year.  Some of the child related subjects include, but are not limited to, child labor, childrens rights, and children in armed conflicts.
 

ILO’s Bureau of Statistics: Child Labor
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/120stat/childlab/index.htm

This site by the International Labor Organization provides useful statistics about child labor from both retrospective and current perspective.

Statistical Tables: Health
 http://www.unicef.org/sowc96/swc96t3x.htm

From the report The State of the World’s Children 1996, this site is essentially just a table of health statistics relating to children around the world.  IT addresses saniation, safe water access, health services, and immunization factors.

UNESCO's Statistical Database
 http://unescostat.unesco.org/database/DBframe.htm

This database provides a wide range of education statistics maintained by UNESCO.  Begin by selecting a subject item on the left side bar.