Press Centre: 2005
Press Releases for 2005:
July
14 July 2005: An amendment jointly introduced to the Salt Communiqué by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture has banned direct marketing of non-iodised table salt to consumers.
June
22 June 2005: Almost US$22 billion will be needed in 2008 to reverse spread of AIDS in the developing world, according to latest estimates.
17 June 2005 (1): More than 225 participants including representatives from five different ministries, parliamentarians, governors, mayors, NGOs, academicians, the media and children met to reaffirm their commitment to protecting the rights of street children during a conference between on the 16th and 17th of June at the Princess Hotel.
17 June 2005 (2): The State Minister for Women’s and Children’s Issues Çubukçu and the Minister of the Interior Abdülkadir Aksu have announced that specific steps are to be taken for the care of street children. The Ministers said that the problem will be addressed in cooperation with non-governmental organisations.
17 June 2005 (3): The State Minister Responsible for Women’s and Children’s Issues, the Minister of National Education, the Minister of Health, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice have set up a joint commission to develop a new model of child protection.
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.
06 June 2005: Despite encouraging signs that the AIDS epidemic is beginning to be contained in a small but growing number of countries, the epidemic continues to expand worldwide, according to a report released by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
May
13 May 2005: UNICEF’s Regional Director congratulates Milliyet for the right emphasis in its ‘Daddy send me to school’ campaign.
12 May 2005 (1): UNICEF’s latest Progress for Children report shows the world’s impressive gains towards gender parity in primary education.
12 May 2005 (2): Girls’ education offers the best return on state investment, says the latest Progress for Children report from UNICEF.
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.
April
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.
27 April 2005: Having set a national target to achieve a high level of immunity in the population and eliminate measles by 2010, Turkey is intensifying its efforts and conducting a one-time ‘catch-up campaign’ targeting children aged between 9 months and 14 years.
26 April 2005: Journalist, Lynn Levine writes about her experience on the road with the Haydi Kızlar Okula! campaign for girls’ education.
4 April 2005: The Haydi Kızlar Okula! and 100% Support for Education campaigns have begun to yield results. Since 2003, 9,294 new classrooms have been phased-in and thousands of schools have been restored.
January
14 January 2005: İstanbul -- Tarkan leads the call for aid in a television spot prepared by UNICEF for the Southeast Asia earthquake and tsunami appeal.
13 January 2005: As Turkey lags behind in worldwide aid to disaster stricken Southeastern Asia, students who lived through the Marmara earthquakes have launched an aid campaign to collect pocket money. (Milliyet Newspaper)
4 January 2005: Jakarta, Indonesia -- Two days ahead of a global conference here to coordinate aid for the countries devastated by tsunamis, UNICEF today proposed four fundamental priorities for children that the agency said are essential to the overall success of the relief effort.
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