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| Statement
of UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman |
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YORK, 30 July 2006 – The attacks
today in Qana are dramatic evidence
that children are once again paying
the price of war. |
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| LAW
ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS |
| On August 17 the Bill
of Statutory Law was presented to Congress “in
which the law on Children and Adolescents
is promulgated”, a proposal that
prioritizes eight basic themes: Nutrition,
Education, Sexual and Reproductive Health,
Special Protection, Civil Registration,
Maternal Mortality, Infant Mortality,
and Water and Sanitation. Based on what
you know about the country’s situation,
what would you propose doing to consolidate
these priorities? |
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Launching of the Guide for Afro-descendents in
Latin America and the Caribbean during the
Conference of the Americas against racism
Brasilia and Panama City, July 26, 2006 – The Regional Conference
of the Americas on the Advancement and Challenges of the Programme of
against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
will be the be framework for launching the Guide for Afro descendants
in Latin America and the Caribbean, designed by civil society actors
with support from the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the
Caribbean, and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation,
of the Government of Spain.
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 Statement
by UNICEF and the World Health Organization on escalating
violence in Lebanon and Israel
NEW YORK, GENEVA, AMMAN, BEIRUT, 19 July 2006 – UNICEF
and the World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed
serious concern about civilian casualties and new
risks to health from escalating violence in Lebanon
and Israel: |
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 Increasing
numbers of young people and women infected with
HIV and AIDS
Bogotá, July 14/06. According to the publication
Infección por VIH y SIDA en Colombia. 2000
- 2005, (“HIV and AIDS Infection in Colombia.
2000-2005”), in the last 5 years the prevalence
of the virus has increased in the population between
15 and 24, and in women.
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 Alliance
for Children holds General Assembly
Bogotá., July 12/2006. This Wednesday the General Assembly of the
Alliance for Colombian Children was held, in order to present a general
balance of its administration. The meeting took place in UNICEF’s
installations with the participation of all the members of the Alliance
(www.alianzaporlaninez.org).
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)
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