Some Key Events in 2009 for UNICEF
January
State of the Worlds Children Report 2009 Launch (15)
“Maternal and Newborn Health”
February
March
International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (1)
International Women’s Day (8)
‘Women and Men United to End Violence Against Women”
Regional Millennium Development Goals Summit, Nadi (16-20)
World Water Day (22)
“Transboundary waters”
Pacific Forum Education Ministers Meeting, Tonga (24-27)
April
World Health Day (7)
ILO Symposium on Social Justice and Child Labour (20-24)
MICS launch –Vanuatu (28)
May
Launch of Looking Back Moving Forward
Japan-Pacific Immunization Programme Strengthening (J-PIPS) meeting, Nagasaki, Japan (11-15)
June
World Day Against Child Labour (12)
July
South Pacific Youth Festival (13-18)
Pacific Islands Health Ministers’ Meeting, PNG (Date TBC)
August
World Breastfeeding Week (3-7)
“A Vital Emergency Response”
International Youth Day (12)
Launch of Counting Up, Counting Down, Cairns (in conjunction with PIFS Forum Leaders meeting)
Tadra Kahani (12-14)
September
South Pacific Council of Youth and Children Courts, Auckland
(Date TBC)
Global Economic Crisis and Children, Fiji (Date TBC)
October
World Teachers Day (5)
UN day (20)
November
Universal Children’s Day (20)
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against women (25)
December
World AIDS Day (1)
State of the World’s Children Report 2010 (Date TBC)
International Human Rights Day (10)
Kids Link Video for San Marino/Alexander Bodini Foundation Award to UNICEF HQ (15)
