Press Centre: 2007
Press Releases for 2007:
September
25 September: 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.
24 September: New figures show solid progress on child survival, including a decline in the annual number of under–five deaths, according to UNICEF. Global child deaths have reached a record low of 9.7 million, down from almost 13 million in 1990.
July
02 July: 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.
May
08 May The joint UNICEF–NTV More Schools! campaign has already surpassed the target of 100 new classrooms. The total of contributions raised through SMS and direct donations so far is enough to build 121 new prefabricated classrooms.
April
23 April According to the UNICEF report on Eliminating Child Poverty which you are reading about first in Yeni Aktüel, the state of children in Turkey is unfortunately not as bright as the celebrations on April 23rd, the 83rd National Sovereignty and Children’s Day, should imply.
12 April Turkey is in urgent need of new school buildings. UNICEF believes that prefabricated classes would be the quickest and cheapest way and the NTV broadcast channel supports this plan.
January
22 January: In the shadow of Mount Ararat, a father in eastern Turkey is trying to recover from the death of his 16-year-old daughter, Fatma. A year after Fatma died from avian influenza, Mehmet Emin Özcan is still dazed and refuses to believe the doctors who suggest that she became ill after handling an infected duck in the family’s kitchen.
16 January: Professor İhsan Doğramacı, Honorary President of the Turkish National Committee for UNICEF, writes about his involvement with the organisation over its sixty-year history.
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