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| Cyclone
in Bangladesh: UNICEF and partners join
emergency relief effort |
| NEW
YORK, USA, 18 November 2007 – UNICEF
and its humanitarian partners in Bangladesh
are rushing emergency supplies to hundreds
of thousands of families in areas devastated
by Cyclone Sidr, the deadliest storm
to hit the impoverished nation in a
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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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 UNICEF
AND MTV’S STAYING ALIVE ANNOUNCE
XPRESS FOR WORLD AIDS DAY
New
York/Sao Paolo, November 27, 2007 – In
partnership with UNICEF, MTV Networks International’s
global multimedia HIV and AIDS prevention campaign,
Staying Alive announces Xpress, a tri-channel
production for World AIDS Day.
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 Elected
governors commit to the country’s Children,
Adolescents and Youth
Pereira,
November 23, 2007. In the closing ceremony of the Fifth Meeting of Governors
for Children, Adolescents and Youth, the future governors signed an Act
in which the promise to fulfill the rights of children and adolescents
in matters of education, health and nutrition, and give them the opportunity
to participate in the decisions that affect them.
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 “Facts
and Rights has become one of the greatest municipal-level
initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean”:
Nils Kastberg, Regional Director of UNICEF
Pereira, November 22, 2007. At the aperture of the Fifth Governors’ Meeting
for Children, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Nils Kastberg stated that the Facts and Rights: Municipalities and Departments
for Children, Adolescents and Youth strategy “has become one of the
greatest municipal-level initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
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 Prince
of Orange receives mine portfolio from UNICEF
On this occasion, UNICEF presented the Prince of Orange with the portfolio
entitled “International Standards for Mine Risk Education”, precisely
at the moment that the UNICEF Netherlands Committee is launching a national
fundraising campaign – this year is aimed at favoring Colombian children
that are victims of the anti personnel mines and violence being experienced
in the country. |
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Tomorrow
the Fifth Meeting of Governors for Children, Adolescents
and Youth starts in Pereira
Pereira, Risaralda, November 20, 2007. The fifth edition of the Meeting
of Governors for Children, Adolescents and Youth begins tomorrow in the city
of Pereira, under the coordination of the Office of the Vice President of
the Republic, the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Nation, the Colombian
Institute of Family Welfare and the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) |
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 In
Latin America 103 million people are lacking access
to basic sanitation
Cali,
November 13. The first Latin American Sanitation Conference – Latinosan
2007 – was inaugurated yesterday in Cali with more than 800 persons
from 22 countries.
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 This
Monday, November 12, marks the start of the First
Latin American Sanitation Conference in Colombia
Bogotá,
November 8, 2007 – With the presence of international experts in
the field of sanitation, led by the Ministry of the Environment, Housing
and Territorial Development, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development
Bank, UNICEF and others, Cali will host the Latin American Sanitation Conference,
LATINOSAN 2007.
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 CAF
donates twenty thousand dollars for LATINOSAN,
the greatest Latin American effort for environmental
sanitation
Bogotá,
D.C., November 2, 2007. Today, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
donated the sum of twenty thousand dollars to support LATINOSAN, the Latin
American Sanitation Conference that will take place in Cali, from next
November 12 through 16.
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 Message
of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
on the International Day for preventing the exploitation
of the environment in war and armed conflicts.
- 6 November / 2007 -
One
of the most common and devastating effects of armed conflict is the massive
displacement of people fleeing violence and insecurity. Such large-scale
population movements cause untold human suffering and disrupt economic
activities. But they also severely damage the environment, particularly
in arid or environmentally degraded regions.
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 Beyond
School Books’ – a podcast series on
education in emergencies: Segment #3
NEW
YORK, USA, 16 November 2007 – Providing
education to children in regions and societies
affected by conflict – or emerging
from it – is a major challenge.
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 Floods
create a ‘ghost town’, putting young
lives on hold in Córdoba, Colombia
PALO
DE AGUA, Colombia 23 October 2007 – From
the highway connecting Cereté with
Lorica, you can begin to see how flooding
has affected this zone of the Department
of Córdoba. Although the trunks of
the coconut palms remain standing, what used
to be fertile land looks like a swamp.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)
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