year on development issues affecting children. The Organization worked closely with the Centre for Human Rights on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of" the Child; with UNnri the World Bank and UNESCO on preparations for the World Confer- ence on Education for All. to be held in Thailand in 1990; and, with UNK.U on a report on Children and the Environment, Preparations also be- gan on information support for the World Summit for Children.The 1990 State of the World's Chil- dren report was launched by the Ex- ecutive Director in Washington, D.C. on 12 December. The launch was carried live via satellite to press brief- ings in Geneva, London and Toronto. Press materials prepared tor the report included videotaped interviews and statements from world leaders. A number of European and North American journalists who had visited UNicEF-supportcd programmes in Af- rica during the year also used mate- rials they had gathered for features tied to the report. Adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of theChild attracted major media atten- tion. A press kit, produced jointly with the Centre tor Human Rights, and a media seminar held in Geneva four days before the Conventions adoption, were instrumental in pro- moting extensive European coverage. The Convention will remain a major focus for information support in 1990 as attention shifts to the need for its ratification by individual nations. Significant resources were devoted to the preparation of" the World Con- ference on Education tor All, includ- ing production of a UNtCEF informa- tion kit and an electronic bulletin board, EFABASE, providing back- ground information on the Confer- ence and issues to be addressed. UNICE1-" remained a key source of information about Operation Lifeline Sudan. The emergency in Afghanistan was the subject of an information kit