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The Turin agenda: A stronger UN for a better world
NEW YORK, 6 September 2007 – The Secretary-General convened a retreat of his top managers in Turin on 31 August-2 September. The objective was to allow the team, comprising some 50 people from nine duty stations, to get to know one another better, exchange ideas, reflect on experiences to date and discuss the challenges ahead.

UNICEF encourages national budget-makers to focus on human rights
NEW YORK, USA, 1 February 2007 – UNICEF hosted a gathering in New York this week to step up the international dialogue on converting national budgets and fiscal policies into instruments for the realization of human rights.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon begins his tenure in office
NEW YORK, USA, 2 January 2007 – With a broad smile, the eighth United Nations Secretary-General, arrived today at UN Headquarters in New York to start his first official day at work.

UN General Assembly swears in new Secretary-General
NEW YORK, USA, 14 December 2006 – The 192-member United Nations General Assembly today paid tribute to Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the end of his 10-year tenure and witnessed the swearing-in of his successor Ban Ki-moon, who will take over as the world’s top diplomat on 1 January.

UNICEF and WFP chart ‘a new way’ to achieve development goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, Panama, 10 May 2006 – UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director James Morris paid their first-ever joint visit to Latin America yesterday for a historic meeting with the heads of both agencies’ regional and country offices. Their focus: to develop a joint plan for accelerating achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and improving the lives of the 118 million children who live in poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.