Milestones
Major events for children in Papua New Guinea
(Initiated with UNICEF support)
- 1986 - UNICEF commences work in Papua New Guinea, as a sub office of the Philippines
country office
- 1993 - Papua New Guinea ratifies the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- 1998 - The Country Office begins function
- 2002 - The first CRC Report submitted by the government
- 2003 - Child Friendly School Initiative commences
- 2003 - Supplemental Immunization Days Activities initiated
- 2003 - First Juvenile Court opens
- 2004 - National Birth Registration Campaign launched
- 2004 - Universal Children’s Day celebrated nationally for the first time with government
co-ordination
- 2004 - Accelerated Girls Education Campaign initiated
- 2004 - National Salt Iodization programme initiated
- 2004 - Formulation of the Child Protection [Lukautim Pikinini] Act
- 2004 - Vitamin A Supplementation Programme initiated
- 2005 - The Children and AIDS Campaign launched
- 2005 - National Juvenile Justice Policy formulated
- 2005 - National study on Orphans and Vulnerable children completed
- 2005 - Health institution based programme to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS
programme launched
- 2005 - National Nutrition Survey commences
- 2005 - National Net Enrolment Rate Survey begins
- 2005 - National ECCD Policy formulated
- 2005 - Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit commenced function
- 2005 - Juvenile justice policy for Police launched
- 2005 - Study on Commercial exploitation of Children completed
- 2005 - Stockholm Declaration against commercial sexual exploitation of the child signed by the
Government
- 2005 - Introduction of Human Rights Based Approach to Programming
- 2005 - First ever submission of Country Proposal to GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccine and
Immunization) for funding support for immunization activities
- 2005 - Inter-Agency Coordination Committee for Immunization established
- 2005 - Zone office in Arawa (Autonomous Region of Bougainville) opens
- 2006 - Zone office in Goroka (Eastern Highlands Province) opens
- 2006 - National Immunization Coverage Survey commences
