The Progress of Nations 1997

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000EE" VLINK="#551A8B" ALINK="#FF0000"> <CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="84%" > <TR> <TD> <CENTER><IMG SRC="images/pon97b.gif" ALT="The Progress of Nations 1997" HEIGHT=108 WIDTH=415 ALIGN=TOP> </CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <H6> <a href="/" target="_top">Home</a> | <a href="/action/" target="_top">UNICEF in Action</a> | <a href="/highlights/" target="_top">Highlights</a> | <a href="/infores/" target="_top">Information Resources</a> | <A HREF="/activ.htm" TARGET="_top">Activities</A></H6> <H3> Contents</H3> <H5> <A HREF="/PONquiz" TARGET="_top">Quiz</A> | <A HREF="pon97pdf.htm">PDF Files</A> </H5> <TABLE COLS=1 WIDTH="75%" > <TR> <TD> <UL> <LI> <B><A HREF="foreword.htm">Foreword</A></B>, by United Nations Secretary-General </LI> <P> <LI> <B><A HREF="intro.htm">Introduction</A></B>, by UNICEF Executive Director </LI> <P> <LI> <B>Water and Sanitation</B></LI> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="water1.htm">The sanitation gap: Development's deadly menace</A>, by Akhtar Hameed Khan</LI> <LI> <A HREF="p10a.htm">League table of access to sanitation</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="p12a.htm">Progress and disparity</A></LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Nutrition</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="nutr1.htm">Putting babies before business,</A> by The Right Reverend Simon Barrington-Ward</LI> <LI> <A HREF="p18a.htm">League table of compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitues</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="p20a.htm">Progress and disparity</A></LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Health</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="aids1.htm">Fighting AIDS together,</A> by Peter Piot</LI> <LI> <A HREF="league3.htm" TARGET="_top">League table of child death rates</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="p30a.htm">Progress and disparity in health</A></LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Education</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="edu1.htm">Quality education: One answer for many questions,</A> by Harry Sawyerr</LI> <LI> <A HREF="p37a.htm">Progress and disparity</A></LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Women</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="women1.htm">The intolerable status quo: Violence against women and girls</A>, by Charlotte Bunch</LI> <LI> <A HREF="le4part1.htm">League table of women at top levels of government</A></LI> <LI> <A HREF="p48a.htm">Progress and disparity</A> </LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Special Protections</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> No age of innocence: Justice for children, by Lisbet Palme</LI> <LI> Progress and disparity</LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Industrialized Countries</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> Healthy cities, healthy children, by Leonard Duhl and Trevor Hancock</LI> <LI> Progress and disparity</LI> </UL> <P> <LI> <B>Statistical Tables</B> </LI> <UL> <LI> Social indicators of less populous countries</LI> <LI> Regional progress towards the year 2000 goals</LI> <LI> Statistical profiles</LI> <LI> Age of data</LI> <LI> Abbreviations</LI> </UL> </UL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER><TABLE WIDTH="84%"> <TR> <TD><CENTER> <H5> Commentaries represent the personal views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect UNICEF policy.</H5></CENTER> <CENTER><I><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="/copyrite/" TARGET="_top">Copyright © UNICEF</A></FONT></I></CENTER> <I><A HREF="/copyrite/" TARGET="_top"></A></I> <P><I><FONT SIZE=-1>Please email the <A HREF="mailto:netmaster@unicef.org">netmaster@unicef.org</A> with comments, suggestions or requests for more information. For hard copies of UNICEF publications, kindly contact your nearest <A HREF="/uwwide/fo.html" TARGET="_top">UNICEF Field Office</A> (if you are in a developing country) or your <A HREF="/uwwide/natcoms.htm" TARGET="_top">National Committee for UNICEF</A> (if you are in an industrialized country). There may be a shipping and handling charge.</FONT></I></TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER>   <CENTER><TABLE> <TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER> <H6> <a href="/" target="_top">Home</a> | <a href="/action/" target="_top">UNICEF in Action</a> | <a href="/highlights/" target="_top">Highlights</a> | <a href="/infores/" target="_top">Information Resources</a> | <a href="http://www.supportunicef.org" target="_top">Donations, Greeting Cards & Gifts</a> | <a href="/media/" target="_top">Press Centre</a> | <a href="/young/" target="_top">Voices of Youth</a> | <a href="/uwwide/" target="_top">About UNICEF</a></H6> </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER>   </BODY>