Great news from UNICEF (KHARTOUM/JUBA) 06 November 2009: The Dutch Government has given $23.5 million to UNICEF in Sudan which will be used to provide safe water and improved sanitation for hundreds of thousands of people across the country. “This very generous contribution by the Dutch Government will have a real impact on saving lives,” said Hilde Johnson UNICEF’s Deputy Executive...
NEW YORK, USA, 30 September 2009 The challenging and critical job of protecting children from recruitment by armed forces or groups took a step forward this week, as a number of United Nations Member States added their names to the Paris Commitments. Adopted in February 2007, the Paris Commitments are an expression of strengthened international resolve to prevent the recruitment of children and highlight...
The 17th Session of Zimbabwe's children's parliament met recently with the aim of spurring the government into action to ensure children's survival and empowerment.
For the 2009 Gucci Campaign to Benefit UNICEF, Frida Giannini has commissioned author Michael Roberts to create a sequel to his popular children's book, Snowman in Paradise , which was published in 2004. The new book, titled Snowman in Africa , will be exclusively on sale in Gucci stores and on Gucci.com from November 16 through December 31, 2009. Gucci will donate 100% of the retail price of the...
Gucci is preparing to launch its fifth annual charity campaign to benefit UNICEF. In the past five years the designer handbag brand has raised almost $7 million to support UNICEF's efforts in education, healthcare, protection, and clean water. This year's collection is inspired by Snowman in Africa, the sequel to the best-selling children's book Snowman in [...]
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, 6 November 2009– On Wednesday, Tanzania's Parliament, the Bunge, passed a bill known as the Law of the Child Act 2009. This landmark legislation effectively domesticates the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and provides the legal framework through which the rights of the country's children can be protected and realized.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, 6 November 2009 – The 17th session of the Children's Parliament, a programme of the Zimbabwe Youth Council,opened recently with the aim of spurring the government into action to ensure child survival and empowerment.
As the number of hungry and malnourished people passes one billion a new UNICEF report identifies lack of food as one of the largest causes of death amongst children.
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, 5 November 2009 – The earthquake that devastated this region in 2005 was a catastrophe for schoolchildren in Pakistan. An estimated 17,000 students were killed in their classrooms, and 6,000 schools damaged or destroyed.
LUSAKA, Zambia, 5 November 2009 – The rainy season has returned in Zambia, bringing with it the threat of cholera, a preventable waterborne disease that sickens thousands here every year.
BEIJING, China, 5 November 2009 – UNICEF and Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining joint plans to promote better understanding of the situation of children worldwide.
The International Examines Contributing Factors To Uneven Distribution Of Childhood Vaccines As a follow-up to the release of the State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization by the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank last month, The International examines the findings that "despite ch
Vice President of Xinhua News Agency Zhou Xisheng and Dr. Yin Yin Wei, UN Children's Fund Representative in China, signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing on Nov. 5, 2009. A large-scale global media campaign for children' rights co-sponsored by Xinhua News Agency and the UNICEF was launched in Beijing Thursday in the run-up to Universal Children's Day.
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman introduced a photo exhibit and opened the International Children Rights Documentary Film Festival with a special screening at UNICEF Headquarters in New York.
NEW YORK, USA., 4 November 2009 – As part of the run-up to 20 November, the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman yesterday introduced a photo exhibit and opened a documentary film festival with a special screening at UNICEF headquarters in New York.
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