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Gonaives, Haiti.- Haiti is not a pleasant place to be a child. While over two thirds of the country’s inhabitants are estimated to be living below the poverty line it is the young who suffer most. The figures make for grim reading. Full Article at Dominican Today
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The Charmed star, a goodwill ambassador for The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), feels increasingly upset she can't do more to help needy children in the Third World as she gets older, but she's hoping she can use her 37th birthday, on 19... Full Article at OK! Magazine
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At the Roll Back Malaria reception held at UNICEF House, from left: Roll Back Malaria External Relations Manager Hervé Verhoosel, UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and the Permanent Representative... Full Article at UNICEF: News
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UNICEF Climate Ambassador Mohamed Axam Maumoon, 15, from the Maldives, speaks at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Full Article at UNICEF: News
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New Zealand is contributing $1million to United Nations agencies working to resettle Tamils forced from their homes by the recent civil war in Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today. Full Article at InfoNews.co.nz
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Thrissur: A State-level workshop on water quality and sanitation on Tuesday decided to set up a National River Action Framework (NRAF) to protect river basins. Full Article at The Hindu
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UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman with a mother and child at Health Centre One in Bamako, Mali. Full Article at UNICEF: News
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Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 9 December 2009 Last month, the second-largest Dutch pension fund PFZW joined an already impressive group of investors that have divested from Africa-Israel. Full Article at The Electronic Intifada
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I'm giving up my 37th Birthday and it has nothing to do with vanity or nearing the big 4-0. I couldn't care less about numbers as they pertain to my age. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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I.Position Information Post Title: Type of contract: Service Contract Level: SC10 Duty Station: Nairobi (relocation to Somalia when situation permits). Supervisor: Senior Programme Manager, JPLG PCU II. Full Article at Relief Web
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Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture. Full Article at Associated Content
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Published by the government of Zimbabwe Harare — THE national malnutrition level for children under five years of age continues to increase owing to poverty, a senior Government official has said. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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'The main message that we have is that the potential humanitarian funding crisis is life-threatening, it threatens a large proportion of the population,' UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mark Bowden told a news briefing in New York, noting that... Full Article at New Kerala
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"If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water." - LORAN EISELY I'm giving up my 37th Birthday and it has nothing to do with vanity or nearing the big 4-0. I couldn't care less about numbers as they pertain to my age. Full Article at Huffington Post
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War-torn and drought-ravaged Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis with no funding so far raised or pledged for next year for food, water, sanitation, health and other vital needs and the potential that the situation could spill over into a major... Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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"Time is precious," says humanitarian coordinator Mark Bowden Humanitarian funding crisis risks lives, says Somalia coordinator for UNICEF The United States has been among those concerned about terrorist interception of aidBowden launched appeal for $689... Full Article at CNN
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KABUL, Afghanistan, 8 December 2009 – Representatives for the European Commission, the European Union and UNICEF came together late last month to sign a joint Declaration that reaffirmed the importance of child rights in Afghanistan. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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Local entrepreneurs were last week equipped with skills in exploring the United Nations Global Marketplace (UNGM) at the second general supplies Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) workshop that was held at Boipuso Hall. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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If you are dedicated and passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. Full Article at Relief Web
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Teshome Mandefro Egrete, 56 (shown here in an undated photo), an Ethiopian national working on water-supply projects with UNICEF Afghanistan, was one of the victims of the 28 October attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul. Full Article at UNICEF: News
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A worker puts up a tent as UNICEF's makeshift classroom, next to the debris of an actual school building on Monday Oct. 5, 2009 in Padang, Indonesia.
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Disney teen star and UNICEF Ambassador Selena Gomez distributes UNICEF trick-or-treat donation boxes to the audience at the NBC "Today" television program in New York Friday, Oct. 2, 2009.
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An employee of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), right, guides Miyuki Hatoyama, wife of Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, as she visits the organization in New York Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.
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PARIS - SEPTEMBER 19: Actress Elsa Zylberstein, UNICEF goodwill ambassador delivers a speech on stage during the Peace One Day 10th Anniversary concert at Le Grand Rex on September 19, 2009 in Paris, France.
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UNICEF Ambassador and Actress, Lucy Liu, who has been an active proponent of anti-trafficking issues, delivers remarks on September 16, 2009 during an Anti-Trafficking Symposium entitled �USAID Anti-Trafficking Programs: Moving Forward With a Decade of Experience� at the Willard Hotel i...
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UNICEF Ambassador and Actress, Lucy Liu, who has been an active proponent of anti-trafficking issues, delivers remarks on September 16, 2009 during an Anti-Trafficking Symposium entitled �USAID Anti-Trafficking Programs: Moving Forward With a Decade of Experience� at the Willard Hotel i...
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UNICEF Ambassador and Actress, Lucy Liu, who has been an active proponent of anti-trafficking issues, delivers remarks on September 16, 2009 during an Anti-Trafficking Symposium entitled �USAID Anti-Trafficking Programs: Moving Forward With a Decade of Experience� at the Willard Hotel i...
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UNICEF Ambassador and Actress, Lucy Liu, who has been an active proponent of anti-trafficking issues, delivers remarks on September 16, 2009 during an Anti-Trafficking Symposium entitled �USAID Anti-Trafficking Programs: Moving Forward With a Decade of Experience� at the Willard Hotel i...
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Lucy Liu, actress and UNICEF Ambassador, speaks about the need to put a stop to the crime of human trafficking at USAID's Anti-Trafficking Symposium on September 16, 2009.
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Volunteers for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) distribute safety leaflets after handing out 'Pandemic Hygiene' kits consisting of hand-sanitising liquid and a packet of tissues to passengers at a crowded train station in Jakarta on September 15, 2009 to help curb the spread...
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Belgium's former number one tennis champion and UNICEF Ambassador Justine Henin speaks during a media conference regarding childhood vaccinations in developing countries at UNICEF headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009.
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Belgium's former number one tennis champion and UNICEF Ambassador Justine Henin speaks during a media conference regarding childhood vaccinations in developing countries at UNICEF headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009.
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Belgium's former number one tennis champion and UNICEF Ambassador Justine Henin speaks during a media conference regarding childhood vaccinations in developing countries at UNICEF headquarters in Brussels, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009.
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James Elder (L), spokesman for UNICEF in Sri Lanka, talks on his mobile phone as he walks into the Immigration and Emmigration Controller's office in Colombo on September 7, 2009.
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BREMEN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 05: Horst Lichter and wife Nada attend the 'UNICEF-Gala' at Park Hotel on September 5, 2009 in Bremen, Germany.
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New Zealand's support will be split between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). It will be used to help provide healthcare to mothers and babies, and to make sure communities have clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
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In line with the global movement of uncountable stakeholders for children, and on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the most important human-rights treaty in history, the European Union and UNICEF sign today a Declaration, which reiterates our commitment to work together
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UNICEF is concerned about the security situation in Central Mindanao, since there are families still living in evacuation centres primarily within Maguindanao that require our support
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All regions except Southeast Asia achieved the U.N. goal of a 90 percent drop in measles deaths in the first decade of the 21st century, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organization
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Taking a quick break from school….. I know Halloween is over but, Christmas is just around the corner and UNICEF never stops helping kids. Check out their inspired gifts website to see how you can help kids all over the world on behalf of a family member or friend as a gift for Christmas.
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report for UNICEF on the effects of the political crisis and the economic collapse on the urban poor in Antananarivo found that children were troubled by abuse, violence and their parents' sudden unemployment and struggle to find food. Some had to drop out of school for lack of money. Some had to work, ...
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This years is extra special as we celebrate 10 years of working with UNICEF, the leading childrens organisation. As a club we are committed to young people and our partnership with UNICEF is testament to this.
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This years is extra special as we celebrate 10 years of working with UNICEF, the leading childrens organisation. As a club we are committed to young people and our partnership with UNICEF is testament to this.
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Africa is one of my favorite places, and it just seems appropriate because it’s for UNICEF
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I am honored to participate in the Beverly Hills lighting ceremony by illuminating the UNICEF Snowflake ... And I am proud to support UNICEF's mission to provide immunization, education, health care, nutrition, clean water and sanitation to children in need.
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Every day 24,000 children die of preventable causes. These iconic snowflakes -- at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York and on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills -- hang as a reminder of UNICEF's commitment to reach a day when zero children die from preventable causes.
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UNICEF Nepal, just 40 years young, will be here as long as it is needed, to continue working alongside the government, children and people of Nepal to ensure that all children, from the hills of Humla to the plains of Jhapa, will have a chance to live their dreams
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When UNICEF first started working in Nepal four decades ago, the situation of children was far worse. Large numbers of children, babies and mothers used to die from readily preventable causes
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How are UNICEF's Children's Climate Forum and United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP15) related?
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I knew many UNICEF ambassadors before, such as renowned African American pop star Harry Belafonte, and others...I admire them so much that I had always dreamed about myself being one of them
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And so, China has had a long-standing relationship with UNICEF, and I think China has made very good progress also in things like under-five mortality rates, education, and so forth ... and I think that we will continue to have a very strong relationship with the people of China and the government of Ch...
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China has been a very good cooperator of UNICEF for many years, and we continue to have a strong relationship with China -- we have an office in China that works with the Chinese authorities looking at the most important issues of children -- whether it is access to healthcare, or better educational pro...
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It's an irony ... that the CRC remained unratified by the United States despite the fact that UNICEF has always been headed by a U.S. national. It obviously did not help.
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UNICEF is deeply concerned about the escalation of the conflict in northern Yemen
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Daniel Toole, regional director for UNICEF South Asia, said ... traditional beliefs and practices as well as the shortage of protein-rich food for infants were mostly to blame.
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UNICEF said that countries with the highest prevalence of stunted growth among children under the age of five include Afghanistan (59 percent), Yemen (58 percent), Guatemala and East Timor (both 54 percent), Democratic Republic of the Congo (46 percent) and North Korea (45 percent)
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Since most South African children know someone who has AIDS, the character has become a national hero, beloved by the country's people. Kami has appeared at the United Nations and the World Bank and was interviewed by Katie Couric. She has also been named a UNICEF ambassador for children and has appeare...
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We are willing to talk to Compact if they can show the supply was meant for Somalia. We allowed Diva [a South African RUTF manufacturer] to supply a UNICEF programme in Kenya, and are now in talks with them to enter into an arrangement with us.
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It's a ground-breaking event that Xinhua and the UNICEF co-designed a logo to rally global media attention to children. We hope this logo will exert everlasting influence in future global media coverage on children.
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The global media campaign for children and the 24 hour live coverage for Universal Children's Day is an initiative jointly promoted by Xinhua News Agency and UNICEF, with strong support from media organizations around the world. It will raise awareness of children's situation throughout the world ... an...
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