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| V-DAY
and UNICEF Call for an End to Rape and
Sexual Torture against Women and Girls
in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
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York, NY - August 6, 2007: Highlighting
the issue of violence against women
and girls in the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), renowned playwright
Eve Ensler has chronicled her first-hand
encounters with women in eastern DRC,
where sexual violence has become a
routine weapon of war. Her account
appears in Glamour magazine today. |
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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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 Address by the Secretary
General of the United Nations,
Ban Ki-moon, to the General Assembly
New
York, 25 September 2007
Congratulations
on your election, Mr. President. Welcome, all,
to New York in this beautiful autumn season. |
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 Actress
Marcela Carvajal attends the re-opening of the
UNICEF store
Bogotá, September 24/2007. With the presence
of actress Marcela Carvajal, UNICEF re-opened its
store in the north of Bogotá in a symbolic
act that took place last Friday, September 21.
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Message of United Nations Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon on the occasion of the International
Day of Peace.
- 21 September 07 -
Peace defines our mission. It drives our discourse.
It draws together all of our worldwide work,
from peacekeeping and preventive diplomacy to
development and human rights. |
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 Quibdó,
site of the seventeenth forum on the implementation
of the Code for Children and Adolescents
Bogotá, September 17, 2007. As part of the project for implementing
the Code for Children and Adolescents, the Office of the Attorney General
of the Nation and UNICEF will hold the seventeenth departmental forum on
the theme tomorrow. |
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 UNICEF
in Latin America joins the celebration of the Indigenous
Peoples of the World
On the occasion of the approval of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples, the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean congratulates
humanity for taking one more step in the conquest of rights and equality
for all. |
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In the past 5 years the country has improved
its infant mortality indicators
Bogotá,
September 13, 2007. With a reduction in infant
mortality indicators, Colombia is in line
with the world tendencies revealed today
by UNICEF, according to which the deaths
of children have declined favorabley, with
the current figure standing at 9.7 million,
compared to the almost 13 million there were
in 1990.
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 Surveys
reveal solid progress on child survival
Child deaths fall below 10 million for first time
New
York, 13 September 2007 - New figures show
solid progress on child survival, including
a decline in the annual number of under-five
deaths, according to UNICEF. Global child
deaths have reached a record low, falling
below 10 million per year to 9.7 million,
down from almost 13 million in 1990.
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 UNICEF
manifests its concern for children and the effects
of one of the worst hurricane seasons in the last
100 years
Panamá and
Nueva York, 4 de September 2007 – A
few hours before Hurricane Félix’ lashing
of the northern Atlantic coasts of Nicaragua
and Honduras, different organizations are
mobilizing to provide support for a vulnerable
population, most of whose housing – according
to previous evaluations – had no chance
of resisting the force of a category 5 hurricane.
The hurricane season is just beginning, and
this is the first time since 1886 that two
hurricanes of this kind have hit the countries
of the Atlantic Caribbean in less than a
month.
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PANDI News -
Children and Adolescents in the Colombian Press Today (Spanish)
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