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May - 2007

International Day for Biological Diversity

Message of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth and one of the pillars of sustainable development. The richness and variety of life on earth makes possible the ecosystem services on which we depend: clean water, food, shelter, medicine and clothing. Environments rich in biodiversity are resilient when stricken by natural disaster.

UNICEF calls for aid to Iraqi children

GENEVA/NEW YORK/AMMAN, 23 May 2007 – Conditions for Iraqi children affected by violence and displacement have reached a critical point, UNICEF said today. The children’s organization requires $42 million to provide relief over the next six months for children inside Iraq, as well as those who fled with their families to neighbouring Jordan and Syria.

UNICEF and the Colombian Skating Federation united for the rights of children

Bogotá D.C., 22 May 2007. UNICEF and the Colombian Skating Federation have formed an alliance to work together in promoting the right to an education for Colombian children and adolescents in conditions of vulnerability, by strengthening the School Going to the Child programme.

UNICEF condemns use of a minor in Taliban execution

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 23 April 2007 -- UNICEF today condemned the use of a minor in a Taliban execution as a criminal act. A video circulating in Pakistan shows a young boy beheading an adult. The act was a terrible example of how children can be used by adults to commit heinous crimes in times of conflict.

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?