Window closing on chance to push polio ‘The Final Inch’ towards eradication
NEW YORK, 3 April 2009 – More than 50 years after the discovery of the first safe and effective polio vaccine, the window is closing on the chance to eradicate the disease for good.
Executive Director calls for stronger protection for Palestinian and Israeli children
JERUSALEM, 9 March 2009 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman concluded a four-day visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel on Saturday with a call for stronger action to protect children.
On 'Red Hand Day', children call for an end to their forced use in conflict
NEW YORK, USA, 13 February 2009 – Children from 101 countries have appealed to international leaders to take stronger action to end the use of child soldiers.
A voice for children: Opera star Maria Guleghina joins forces with UNICEF
NEW YORK, USA, 12 February 2009 – One of opera's most celebrated stars has joined forces with UNICEF to advocate for children's rights.
Web4Dev conference kicks with an eye on the future of innovation
NEW YORK, USA, 11 February 2009 – With plenty of bells and whistles, and not a few mobile phone alerts and Twitter chirps, the fifth annual ‘Web4Dev’ conference kicked off at UNICEF House today.
Executive Board welcomes new President at opening of first 2009 session
NEW YORK, USA, 4 February 2009 – On the first day of its first regular session of 2009, UNICEF’s Executive Board welcomed its new President, His Excellency Ambassador Oumar Daou, Permanent Representative of Mali to the United Nations.
HAR focuses on conflict, climate and hunger
GENEVA, Switzerland, 27 January 2009 – More must be done to help the millions of children and women whose lives are being impacted by conflict, natural disasters and other humanitarian crises including epidemics and hunger, UNICEF said today.
UNICEF Executive Director visits Zimbabwe
HARARE, 17 January 2009 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, today announced that the United Nations will make available $5 million for the health sector ...
UNICEF launches flagship report on maternal and newborn health
NEW YORK, USA, 15 January 2009 – UNICEF’s flagship publication, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2009’ – launched today in South Africa – addresses maternal mortality, one of the most intractable problems for development work.
UNICEF Executive Director’s Togo visit focuses on education
LOME, Togo, 2 September 2008 – Ann M. Veneman, on the first-ever visit by a UNICEF Executive Director to Togo, promoted the importance of education to advance development.
UNICEF Executive Director concludes visit to Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 30 July 2008 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman concluded her visit to Madagascar by launching a tetanus campaign in the rural town of Andilamena with the Minister of Health, Dr. Ralainirina Paul Richard, and local officials.
Religious leaders meet in Hiroshima to reaffirm their commitments to children
HIROSHIMA, Japan, 6 June 2008 – Over 1,300 religious leaders and UN officials from around the world recently participated in the Third Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) in Hiroshima, Japan. The forum focused on the role that religious and spiritual traditions can play in improving the lives of children.
POINT OF VIEW / Ann M. Veneman: Child survival in Africa – seven signs of hope
TOKYO, Japan, 28 May 2008 – The following op-ed by UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman was published today by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in Japan. Ms. Veneman is attending an African development summit in Yokohama.
Executive Director visits UNICEF-supported projects on first official visit to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 7 January 2008 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman has just completed her first trip to Haiti, the country with the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality in the Western Hemisphere.
Towards ‘A World Fit for Children’ – UNICEF launches five-year progress report
NEW YORK, USA, 10 December 2007 – Five years after world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, UNICEF today launches ‘Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review’.
International Year of Sanitation 2008: A plea for dignity and health for all
NEW YORK, USA, 21 November 2007 – Almost 2.6 billion people worldwide, 980 million of them children, lack access to even the most basic water and sanitation facilities – a situation that affects all aspects of their lives, from education to national development.
On CRC anniversary, Ishmael Beah appointed UNICEF Advocate for Children Affected by War
NEW YORK, USA, 20 November 2007 – UNICEF’s first Advocate for Children Affected by War, Ishmael Beah, has pledged to give a voice and hope to children whose lives have been scarred by violence.
Nelson Mandela and UNICEF 'Unite for Children'
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 5 October 2007 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman met with Nelson Mandela today to discuss the importance of partnerships to address children's issues, particularly HIV and AIDS.
UNICEF and Special Olympics partner in China to raise disability awareness
SHANGHAI, China, 3 October 2007 – Competitors from over 160 countries converged on Shanghai this week as the city offered up a glowing welcome for the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
Leaders at Clinton Global Initiative renew commitment to maternal and child health goals
NEW YORK, USA, 26 September 2007 – A $30 million pledge to help educate children affected by conflict, especially in Iraq and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and a pledge of $1 billion to help improve maternal and child health worldwide were announced at the Clinton Global Initiative today.
Child deaths fall below 10 million for first time
NEW YORK, 13 September 2007 - New figures show solid progress on child survival, including a decline in the annual number of under-five deaths, according to UNICEF. Global child deaths have...
UNICEF Executive Director says female genital cutting must be “consigned to history”
NEW YORK, USA, 6 September 2007 – In an opinion piece yesterday in the Modesto Bee, a daily newspaper published in her home state of California, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman assailed female genital cutting as “one of many harmful practices that have their roots in discrimination” against girls and women.
V-Day and UNICEF urge protection for women and girls in eastern DR Congo
NEW YORK, USA, 6 August 2007 – Highlighting the issue of violence against women and girls, renowned US playwright and ‘V-Day’ founder Eve Ensler has chronicled her firsthand encounters with women in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence has become a routine weapon of war.
UNICEF Executive Director joins Starbucks and Ethos ‘Walk for Water’
NEW YORK, USA, 22 March 2007 – Marking international World Water Day, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman today joined more than 250 schoolchildren and hundreds of other New Yorkers in a ‘Walk for Water’ to highlight the global water crisis.
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman inaugurates Ethiopia’s first Plumpy’nut factory
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 21 February 2007 - UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman inaugurated Ethiopia’s first Plumpy’nut therapeutic food factory in Addis Ababa yesterday.
Republic of San Marino honours UNICEF and Belizean children’s group
NEW YORK, USA, 2 February 2007 – The Republic of San Marino last night honoured UNICEF for being a leading advocate for children over the past 60 years.
UNICEF Executive Board opens its first regular session of 2007
NEW YORK, USA, 16 January 2007 – UNICEF’s Executive Board opened today its first regular session of 2007 at United Nations headquarters in New York.
NBA hosts announcement of Gates funding for ‘Nothing But Nets’ malaria campaign
NEW YORK, USA, 4 January 2007 – ‘Nothing But Nets’, a campaign to fight the scourge of malaria in Africa, today announced its first-ever challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – which has pledged to match, dollar for dollar, up to $3 million in individual contributions to the campaign.
In Senegal, Executive Director sees community action to end female genital cutting
KEUR SIMBARA, Senegal, 13 November 2006 – On a visit to Senegal, Executive Director Ann M. Veneman has witnessed firsthand how UNICEF and its partners are using a community-based approach to empower women and children – notably on the issue of female genital mutilation, or cutting (FGM/C).
Closing Statement of Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF at the Executive Board Annual Session
NEW YORK, 9 June 2006 – Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. I would like to begin by commending once again the excellent skill that the President has demonstrated in running this meeting over this past week. We appreciate your ability to manoeuvre through some difficult issues while always keeping your wonderful sense of humour.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman, on the launch of ‘Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition’
NEW YORK, 2 May 2006 – Good morning and thank you to all of you for joining us today. We are pleased to be here this morning to talk about UNICEF’s comprehensive report on child malnutrition around the world. In my first year with UNICEF, I have visited many developing countries. It is clear that nutrition is the foundation on which all human progress is built.
UNICEF Executive Director’s Women’s Day message
NEW YORK, USA, 8 March 2006 – In a wide-ranging and impassioned keynote speech at the Annual International Women’s Day Luncheon in Washington, D.C., UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman delivered a powerful message about the abuse and exploitation experienced by millions of women and children around the globe.
UN leaders urge new effort to end suffering of million in Africa's Great Lakes region
BUJUMBURA, 2 March 2006 – The heads of three of the largest United Nations humanitarian agencies today urged the international community to match political progress in the Great Lakes region with a new commitment to end the suffering of the millions of people forgotten by the rest of the world.
UNICEF Executive Director Returns From Mission to Four Countries
20 February 2006 – Ann M. Veneman, UNICEF’s Executive Director, has just returned from a nine-day four country mission to the United Kingdom, Italy, Rwanda and...
UN Executive Directors and HRH Princess Mathilde of Belgium encourage more action to address impact of AIDS on children and young people in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, 17 February 2006 – The Executive Directors of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Mathilde of Belgium in her capacity as the UNAIDS and UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS, today encouraged greater action to support children and young people in Tanzania in the AIDS response.
World not doing nearly enough to protect children affected by AIDS
LONDON, 9 February 2006 - The global response to children affected by HIV and AIDS does not come close to matching the enormity of their rapidly expanding plight. By 2010 an estimated 18 million children in sub-Saharan Africa alone will be orphaned by the disease. Children living with sick and dying parents remain extremely vulnerable, and an estimated 4 million infected children do not have access to appropriate treatments.
Drought creating crisis for children in Horn of Africa
NEW YORK – 7 February 2006 - A major crisis has hit the Horn of Africa, where a severe drought is endangering an estimated 1.5 million children under the age of five, UNICEF said today.
Veneman recaps year of increased humanitarian relief work for UNICEF
NEW YORK, 16 January 2006 - The major earthquake in Pakistan, a potential Avian Flu outbreak, new partnerships in the fight against AIDS and Malaria, and striving to meet the Millennium Development Goals, by attending to the world's most vulnerable children, were just some of the many challenges UNICEF took on in 2005, Veneman told UNICEF's Executive Board.
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