Press Centre: 2003
Press Releases for 2003:
December
18 December 2003: Seven million children have been reached in the ten days since the measles immunisation campaign was launched on December 8th.
17 December 2003: UNICEF’s annual report The State of the World’s Children 2004 Girls, Education and Development was introduced to the press on December 16th.
9 December 2003: Iran and Turkey have launched the largest and most ambitious measles campaigns in the world, reaching a combined total of 53 million people over the next year.
November
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.
October
7 October 2003 (1): ‘Exclusive Breastfeeding During the First Six Months of Life’ for healthier Infants.
7 October 2003 (2): UNICEF and FIFA join with children to celebrate ‘Global Children’s Football Day’.
September
26 September 2003: UN system supports the Ministry of Education’s stand on HIV/AIDS.
22 September 2003: UNICEF chief urges United Nations General Assembly to focus on children and young people in deliberations on HIV/AIDS.
August
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.
June
17th June 2003 (1): Haydi Kızlar Okula! the campaign for girls’ education launched by UNICEF and The Turkish Ministry of National Education today aims to have every girl in school by 2005.
17th June 2003 (2): Statement by Carol Bellamy on the launch of the Haydi Kızlar Okula! the campaign for girls’ education .
16th June 2003 (1): UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy joined civil society representatives from 27 countries at the launch of a major regional campaign to Leave No Child Out.
16th June 2003 (2): Statement by Carol Bellamy on the launch of the Leave No Child Out campaign.
May
8th May 2003: A year after the United Nations Special Session on Children (UNSSC), UNICEF warns that goals agreed to by all nations are slow to take hold.
4th May 2003: Bingöl, Eastern Turkey, 1st May: in the aftermath of an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale (RS), UNICEF launches a flash appeal for US$450,000 to aid recovery.
April
9th April 2003: UNICEF warns of worsening state of Iraqi children -- urges warring parties to ensure secure humanitarian access to children under siege
6th April 2003: UNICEF concerned about Iraqi children -- statement attributable to UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy
4th April 2003: UNICEF says protecting children is key to their health -- abuse and exploitation do lasting damage to healthy development
March
28th March 2003: UNICEF seeks US$166 million to help Iraq’s children -- part of a larger UN humanitarian appeal
19th March 2003: Despite efforts to strengthen Iraq’s children, UNICEF says the outlook is difficult
11th March 2003: Will they survive the war? -- UNICEF racing to bolster the strength of 400,000 malnourished children in Iraq
7th March 2003: Every day, 1,400 girls and women die giving birth -- on Women’s Day, UNICEF says lack of progress is shameful
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