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| Reviewing
progress in child survival |
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YORK, September 18, 2006: Political
leaders and experts from the health
sector are meeting today in New York
to analyze the mechanisms needed to
avoid the death of millions of children
under five. |
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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 concert in Cartagena, against anti personnel
mines
Bogotá, September 21/2006: Next September 30, the Heroic City
will be the scene of another of the traditional UNICEF concerts. On this
occasion the children of Cartagena will be singing with Julio, winner
of the first version of Factor X, and will be accompanied by the Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Confenalco Chorus, directed by Maestro Edgar Ávila.
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 Schools
join the fight against anti-personnel mines
Fifty-one schools and kindergartens in Bogotá and
Medellín today participated in Change Day,
a campaign promoted by UNICEF aimed at involving
the school community in work in favor of children
growing up in difficult conditions. |
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 UNICEF
and UN partners step up humanitarian aid in southern
Lebanon
NEW YORK, USA, 28 August 2006 – As the fragile
ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds in southern
Lebanon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan makes
a diplomatic visit to the region, Lebanese children
continue to suffer from inadequate services, water
shortages and a lack of basic supplies.
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 Colombian
government decorates UNICEF’s Representative
in India
Bogotá, September 13/06. UNICEF’s representative in India,
Cecilio Adorna, received the “Order of San Carlos” decoration
in the Colombian Chancellery. Currently visiting Colombia, this functionary
was recognized for the work he did here when he was representative of the
Area Office for Colombia and Venezuela.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)
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