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September - 2008

CHILDREN AND MINES
By Paul Martin, UNICEF Representative for Colombia
April 11, 2008

Aurelio’s sweet nature doesn’t seem to mesh with his tragedy. He is 12 years old, and was born in one of the Antioquia towns affected by the conflict. He’s in third grade and he likes to study. However, football is his real thing, although he can’t play like before. A mine blew off one of his legs, and for the last three years he has been leaning on a crutch, which helps him to use his prosthesis, which he has to change every six months.

HomeCenter and UNICEF present equipment
to Soacha school

Last September 19, children from the Pablo VI campus of the Manuela Beltran School, , located in the municipality of Soacha, received a major donation of school equipment thanks to the money provided by customers of HomeCenter, in the campaign this hypermarket has been implementing for more than 4 years under its partnership with UNICEF.

JOINT STATEMENT ON MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH

Today, 25 September 2008, as world leaders gather for the High- Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we jointly pledge to intensify our support to countries to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 To Improve Maternal Health — the MDG showing the least progress.

Releasing Declining Numbers for Child Mortality, UNICEF Calls for Increased Efforts to Save Children’s Lives

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 12 September 2008 – UNICEF today released new figures that show the rate of deaths of children under five continued to decline in 2007.

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?

Children from 9 Colombian municipalities
to receive identification documents

Bogotá, September 2008. With support from UNICEF, the Attention for Vulnerable Population Unit (UDAPV) – a part of the National Registrar’s Office ascribed to the office of the Delegate Registrar for Civil Registration and Identification – is implementing the project entitled “Civil Registration and Identification of Children Affected by Emergencies and their Families in 9 Colombian municipalities”, to benefit the inhabitants of nine municipalities that have been affected by different emergency and natural disaster situations like earthquakes and floods.

Two thousand children affected by the rainy season
get social aid

Bogotá, September 2008. The Diocese of Montería, under an agreement with UNICEF, is carrying out the project of “Local Management of Education and Psycho Affective Attention in Emergency Situations in the Municipality of Caucasia”, as a response to the rainy season emergency affecting this area of the country last July.

Message of the United Nations Secretary-General,
Ban Ki-moon, on the occasion of the First International Day of Democracy.

I am moved to join you in celebration of this first International Day of Democracy - declared by the General Assembly to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Democracy by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1997.

International Day of Peace: Human Rights and the maintenance of peace

MESSAGES FOR PEACE – To foster a better knowledge of this important day, the United Nations encourages persons throughout the world to send messages of peace, up through September 21. The Messages received by the United Nations will be presented to the world leaders meeting in New York beginning on September 23 for the sixty-third period of sessions of the General Assembly.

UNICEF: Report Highlights Risk of Maternal Mortality in Developing World

GENEVA, 19 September 2008 - A new report on maternal mortality, released by UNICEF today, highlights the risks faced during pregnancy and childbirth by women in developing countries.

Eight organizations have signed the Agreement
for Children, Adolescents and Youths

Bogotá, September 11, 2008. In a new effort to ensure the full exercise of the rights of children and adolescents, control bodies, governmental agencies and international organizations signed a technical cooperation agreement that seeks to facilitate the implementation of the legal and public policy framework for the theme at the Municipal, District, Departmental and National level.

Human management consultant firm THUOPER
supports UNICEF’s work en Colombia

Bogotá, Sept. 4/ 2008. The Thuoper Company, specializing in organizational and human management, has put is marketing knowledge at UNICEF’s service with a conference on “Think and Sell”, presented to 22 UNICEF volunteer salespersons from all parts of the country, who had gathered in Bogotá to reinforce their knowledge of sales.

REPORT: Results of the world Alliance to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

United Nations Report: Significant progress in relieving the debt of the poorest countries, but commerce and aid continue to be substantial barriers for achieving the goals of the fight against poverty.

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