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UNICEF Turkey Press Releases on General Information:

An infant girl adopting a thoughtful pose

Photograph by Rana Mullan
© UNICEF Turkey 2004

06 October 2009: UNICEF: Without a protective environment, it’s a harsh life for children

29 September 2009 (2): Economic Crisis Affecting The Welfare of Families in Turkey

29 September 2009 (1): The Economic Crisis And The Welfare of Families: Results From Five Urban Centers in Tukey

24 September 2009: The Right to Quality Education and Child Friendly Schools for All Children

19 September 2008 (1): Uniting force of basketball, Memo in new link with UNICEF.

16 September 2008: UNICEF announces nominees for this year’s International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Awards.

10 July 2008: Young people from Group of 8 (G8) industrialised nations and from the developing world met with the G8 leaders in Toyako, Japan on 7th July to present their recommendations as part of the Junior 8 (J8) Summit.

25 September 2007: UNICEF has announced the nominees for the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award, co–presented yearly by UNICEF and The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

02 July 2007: UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman concluded a four–day visit to Turkey in late June that included two international conferences, a meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and discussions with Turkish children, parents, academics and NGOs.

16 January 2007: Professor İhsan Doğramacı, Honorary President of the Turkish National Committee for UNICEF, writes about his involvement with the organisation over its sixty-year history.

13 July 2006: UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Mr. Kul Gautam has poured lavish praise on Turkey’s recent efforts to improve the lot of children and women, but at the same time cautioned that there is still much to be done.

13 June 2005: During a reception at the Swedish Embassy the Princess presented a donation from Swedish businessmen in Turkey to the UNICEF Representative in Turkey, Edmond McLoughney.

2 May 2005: Ann M Veneman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, assumed the leadership of UNICEF today, becoming the fifth Executive Director to lead the UN children’s agency in its 60-year history.

29 April 2005: UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy completes her ten-year tenure with UNICEF this week, bestowing to her successor a legacy focused not only on child survival, but on protecting children from exploitation and abuse and ensuring their well-being through adolescence.

19 November 2003: The United Nations is to terminate its administration of the Oil for Food Programme in Iraq on the 21st of November, 2003.

19 August 2003: UNICEF expressed deep sorrow at the deaths of United Nations staff members today, including one of its own, in the blast at United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.

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