News Note
Executive Board Update
First regular session for 2001
Read Opening Statement on 22
January by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF
Tuesday, 23 January 2000: On Monday, the Executive Board heard a farewell
statement from the outgoing President, Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury
of Bangladesh, and opening statements by incoming President Ambassador
Movses Abelian of Armenia and UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy.
The Board then elected representatives of the WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA Coordinating
Committee on Health and the UNESCO/UNICEF Joint Committee on Education,
for the biennium 2001-2002.
Following adoption of the agenda, the Board considered the report of
the Executive Director, which is also the annual report to the Economic
and Social Council, and adopted a decision on activities of the Joint
Inspection Unit.
In the afternoon meeting, delegations turned to discussion of UNICEF
country notes, beginning with the programmes in Eastern and Southern
Africa. Mr. Urban Jonsson, Regional Director, made an opening statement,
followed by interventions by delegations. The afternoon session concluded
with a statement by Ms. Rima Salah, Regional Director for West and Central
Africa.
Today, the Board will continue discussion of the West and Central Africa
programmes, followed by consideration of programmes in Latin America
and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, and South Asia.
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