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October - 2005

Standing with children, against AIDS

By Manuel Manrique, Representative of the Area Office for Colombia and Venezuela, of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

As never before, HIV/AIDS is threatening children. Perhaps the collective perception that this is a menace affecting mostly adults makes us lose sight of the fact that it is a sword of Damocles, hanging over the heads of thousands of children.

Asopatía awarded the Carlos Lleras Restrepo Prize

UNICEF and the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) have awarded the Carlos Lleras Restrepo Prize to the Supradepartmental Association of Municipalities of the Region of Upper Patía, Asopatía.

United Nations Week begins in Colombia

The presentation of the forum on “Poverty and children in Colombia and the Millennium Development Goals” marked the beginning of United Nations Week in Colombia, which will extend through October 24 in the multiple purpose auditorium of the Virgilio Barco Library in Bogotá.

Human Development Report 2005, a strong alert to humanity

Today the world’s political and social leaders received a desolate evaluation of the human cost of not meeting the world’s goals for ending extreme poverty – a cost that in fact represents millions of avoidable deaths in the coming 10 years, according to the UNDP Human Development Report 2005.

LAW ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

On August 17 the Bill of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in which the law on Children and Adolescents is promulgated”, a proposal that prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition, Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Special Protection, Civil Registration, Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality, and Water and Sanitation. Based on what you know about the country’s situation, what would you propose doing to consolidate these priorities?

Ibero-American Communication Awards in Child and Adolescent Rights: UNICEF announces 17 finalists in the IV Competition

Panama City, October 20, 2005. The Technical Commission for the Ibero-American Awards today announced the 17 finalists from around Latin America in the IVth Competition. The entries represent six categories: press, radio, graphic arts, television, television for child and adolescent audiences, and HIV/AIDS.

One in Four Infants Still at Risk from Vaccine Preventable Diseases

New country-by-country data reveal inadequate progress on protecting children and women from vaccine-preventable diseases, despite the availability of low cost vaccines, according to a UNICEF study released today.

Children: The Missing Face of AIDS

UNICEF, UNAIDS and other partners today launched a global campaign focusing on the enormous impact of HIV/AIDS on children, saying it was a disgrace that fewer than 5 per cent of HIV-positive children receive treatment and that millions of children who have lost parents to the disease go without support.

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Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)

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