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The United Nations Children's Fund --UNICEF-- is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized....Video Episodes:
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16:53:56 12/21/07
UNICEF: Protecting children's rights in Somalia
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child was ratified 18 years ago, on 20 November 1989. For this landmark anniversary, UNICEF has launched the 'CRC@18' campaign to raise awareness about child rights and the impact of the Convention. Here is one in a series of related stories.
HARGEISA, Somalia, 29 November 2007 -- The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) turned 18 last week -- a momentous occasion for children all around the world. It was of particular interest to youths in Somalia, one of only two countries in the world that have not ratified the CRC.
Somalia has been in conflict for the past 16 years and many children in the country have grown up not knowing what it means to have the right to education, clean water or protection.
Despite the lack of an official treaty, UNICEF is still supporting activities in Somalia that pave the way for the realization of children's rights.
At the official level, UNICEF is engaged in advocacy with members of parliament, government ministries and civil society representatives to promote the Convention.
Where children need support on a daily basis, UNICEF works in communities with health workers, teachers, non-governmental organizations, media professionals and children themselves to make child rights a reality.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/somalia_41976.html
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19:46:43 12/13/07
UNICEF and Google launch One Laptop per Child initiative
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NEW YORK, 7 December 2007 -- UNICEF, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and Google today announced the launch of "Our Stories" ( www.ourstories.org ), a joint initiative to preserve and share the histories and identities of cultures around the world by making personal stories available online in many languages.
Using laptops, mobile phones and other recording devices, children will record, in their native languages, the stories of elders, family members and friends. These stories will be shared globally through the Our Stories website, where they can be found on a Google Map.
By making these stories accessible around the world, the Our Stories project hopes to contribute to a better understanding of our shared humanity across countries and cultures, across religious traditions, across languages, and across generations.
"Information technologies can help young people around the world learn more about each other," said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman. "Our Stories will promote dialogue across borders and cultures and give young people a voice on a wide range of issues."
Low-cost XO laptops by One Laptop per Child will serve as a foundation to help build this digital archive of personal stories by providing children in developing countries with easy-to-use technology to record their stories and interviews.
"One Laptop per Child is very excited about partnering with Google and UNICEF to capture the thoughts and feelings of children and their communities around the world," said Walter Bender, President of Software and Content/COO, One Laptop per Child. "The XO laptop is a tool for sharing and collaboration and this project is a great way to build a global community."
The Our Stories website will initially include stories collected by Brazil's Museum of the Person and stories recorded for UNICEF by young people in Ghana, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Our Stories has taken inspiration from the StoryCorps
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19:42:44 12/13/07
UNICEF: UN General Assembly opens children's issues meeting
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NEW YORK, USA, 11 December 2007 -- The United Nations General Assembly began high-level talks on Tuesday, convening for a commemorative plenary meeting devoted to following up on the outcome of the Special Session on Children held in the same hall five years ago.
Speaking on behalf of the 90 young people who have congregated at UNICEF House in New York this week for a Youth Forum, Longeni Matsai, 14, of Namibia urged participants to listen "not only with your ears but also with your hearts."
UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman also spoke at the opening of the two-day plenary, noting that in the years since the landmark Special Session -- the first of its kind in UN history -- there has emerged "a global culture that embraces children's rights as central to the advancement of humanity."
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/index_42168.html
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19:39:02 12/13/07
UNICEF: "Progress for Children" 5-year report launched
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NEW YORK, USA, 10 December 2007 -- Five years after world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, UNICEF today launched 'Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review'.
The report details the advances made to date towards creating 'A World Fit for Children' -- the vision of the outcome document from the historic 2002 Special Session.
"This is the most comprehensive 'Progress for Children' report to date," UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman told participants in a Town Hall meeting at UNICEF House today.
In this video, UNICEF correspondent Elizabeth Kiem reports on the Town Hall meeting of experts, advocates and young people discussing 'Progress for Children'.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/index_42094.html
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19:35:53 12/13/07
UNICEF: "Progress for Children" Five-Year report launched
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NEW YORK, USA, 10 December 2007 -- Five years after world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, UNICEF today launched 'Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review'.
The report details the advances made to date towards creating 'A World Fit for Children' -- the vision of the outcome document from the historic 2002 Special Session.
"This is the most comprehensive 'Progress for Children' report to date," UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman told participants in a Town Hall meeting at UNICEF House today.
"Measurable outcomes based on the best available data underpin UNICEF's approach in accelerating progress for children," she added. "Good news informs decisions about where to invest and about what policies and programmes deliver the best results."
In this video, UNICEF correspondent Elizabeth Kiem highlights the findings of 'Progress for Children: A World Fit for Children Statistical Review'.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2007n6/index_41401.htm
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18:56:36 12/13/07
UNICEF: Rep. leads 1,000km horseback trek across Uruguay
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, 10 December 2007 -- The town square of Bella Uni
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18:54:45 12/13/07
UNICEF: Bangladesh cyclone survivors: after the storm
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BAGERHAT, Bangladesh, 6 December 2007 -- It was close to noon in Khuriakhali Bazaar, a market in the Sharankhola sub-district of Bagerhat, when the UNICEF team arrived after a long walk.
The surrounding village of Southkhali, razed by Cyclone Sidr last month, wore a ghostly look. One or two corrugated metal houses stood alone amidst heaps of destruction. The villagers struggled to make their way along muddy roads and land eroded from uprooted trees.
Cyclone Sidr, which hit the coastal districts of Bangladesh on 15 November, was one of the worst storms in recent memory. It has claimed at least 3,300 lives, leaving hundreds more missing and thousands homeless.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bangladesh_42083.html
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18:52:22 12/13/07
UNICEF: Education suffers in Gaza
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GAZA STRIP, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 12 December 2007 -- Najwa Al Smairi, 11, goes to school just metres from Gaza's heavily guarded perimeter. She is one of the brightest students in her class but it is failure, not violence, that she fears most.
Recently, Najwah has slipped from fourth to fifth in her class, and the studious 11-year-old is concerned. "When I spoke to my sister she told me not to worry, that it was normal but I am still worried," she says.
Palestinians have long traded on excellence in education as an investment in the future, working their way into the upper echelons of governments and businesses throughout the region. Now, increased political tensions and conflict are having devastating effects on the region, where children make up 56 per cent of the population.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_42178.html
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18:50:12 12/13/07
UNICEF: Palestinian teens find UNICEF-sponsored community
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JABALIA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 14 August 2007 -- Palestinian adolescents often find themselves with no place to go and nothing to do during the summer school holidays and in their spare time.
The ongoing border closure, coupled with increased poverty, continuously undermines the ability of teens to get a good education and enjoy their time off. The chronic anxiety adolescents are facing on a daily basis undermines their self-esteem and increases their feelings of loss of control over their lives.
To help adolescents overcome stress and hopelessness, and to provide meaningful programmes outside schools, UNICEF is currently supporting 40 adolescent-friendly learning centres in the West Bank and Gaza in cooperation with the Tamer Institute for Community Education and the Ma'an Development Centre.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/oPt_40597.html
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18:47:35 12/13/07
UNICEF: United Nations opens high level meeting for children
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NEW YORK, USA, 11 December 2007 -- The United Nations General Assembly began high-level talks on Tuesday, convening for a commemorative plenary meeting devoted to following up on the outcome of the Special Session on Children held in the same hall five years ago.
Speaking on behalf of the 90 young people who have congregated at UNICEF House in New York this week for a Youth Forum, Longeni Matsai, 14, of Namibia urged participants to listen "not only with your ears but also with your hearts."
In this video, UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on the children's voices heard on the first day of the UN General Assembly plenary meeting.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/index_42168.html
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18:45:19 12/13/07
UNICEF: Youth Forum has a voice at UN meeting for children
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NEW YORK, USA, 9 December 2007 -- About 75 children from more than 50 countries met at UNICEF headquarters in New York today to prepare for a United Nations session on children's rights this week.
The General Assembly is meeting to assess progress on 'A World Fit for Children', the plan of action that was adopted at the conclusion of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2002.
The two-day forum has been organized by UNICEF, Save the Children and the Global Movement for Children. It will train children to share their ideas effectively with each other -- and with the international leaders they'll be meeting in the coming days.
In this video, UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on the conclusion of the two-day Youth Forum leading up to this week's General Assembly discussions.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/index_42111.html
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18:43:18 12/13/07
UNICEF: Youth Forum has a voice at UN meeting on children
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NEW YORK, USA, 9 December 2007 -- About 75 children from more than 50 countries met at UNICEF headquarters in New York today to prepare for a United Nations session on children's rights this week.
The General Assembly is meeting to assess progress on 'A World Fit for Children', the plan of action that was adopted at the conclusion of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children in 2002.
The two-day forum has been organized by UNICEF, Save the Children and the Global Movement for Children. It will train children to share their ideas effectively with each other -- and with the international leaders they'll be meeting in the coming days.
In this video, UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports on the Youth Forum that is preparing children to participate in a UN plenary session on child rights.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/progressforchildren/2007n6/index_41401.htm
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18:41:08 12/13/07
UNICEF: Children speak out on education and climate change
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NEW YORK, USA, 12 December 2007 -- As policy makers and scientists from around the world discuss responses to climate change at a global conference in Bali, Indonesia, young people convening for high-level meetings at UN headquarters in New York added their voices to the debate.
Children often suffer the brunt of natural disasters, disease and malnutrition in poor countries, and rising temperatures are predicted to only worsen the plight of the young, UNICEF warned in a report released today. The launch of the report and the discussions on climate change took place in the context of this week's follow-up meeting on progress toward goals set by the 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/worldfitforchildren/index_42190.html
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18:38:25 12/13/07
UNICEF supports Global Youth Climate Movement in Bali
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BALI, Indonesia, 12 December 2007 -- On the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference now under way in Bali, Indonesia, UNICEF has held a series of events to highlight the effects of global warming on children and to ensure that young people are involved in debate on this issue.
To that end, UNICEF supported the launch of a Global Youth Climate Movement by a coalition of more than 30 youth organizations.
The climate change meeting has attracted participants from more than 180 countries -- including environmental experts, activists and world leaders -- in an effort to reach agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and slowing down global warming.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/indonesia_42187.html
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19:49:49 12/06/07
UNICEF: Burundian refugees seek to rebuild lives
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MUYINGA, Burundi, 5 December 2007 -- Chantal Nizigiyimana has been back in her home country of Burundi for only a few months, having lived in Tanzania since she was a young child. In 1993, her family was among hundreds of thousands of Burundians who fled across the border in order to avoid conflict.
Now, all Burundians are being asked to return home. Ms. Nizigiyimana is among approximately 9,000 people -- half of them youths -- who have been expelled from Tanzania just this year. Many women and children arrive at the border with nothing to their name.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/burundi_42062.html
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19:47:16 12/06/07
UNICEF: Berlin Philharmonic named new Goodwill Ambassador
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NEW YORK, USA, 5 December 2007 -- One of the world's most renowned orchestras, the Berliner Philharmoniker, has joined the ranks of UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassadors. The announcement came during the orchestra's Rite of Spring project involving more than 100 schoolchildren from New York City public schools this fall.
The project was part of the Berliner Philharmoniker's 'Zukunft@BPhil' , an educational outreach programme that seeks to make classical music accessible and relevant to the widest audience possible, including the younger generation. The appointment of the orchestra as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador is a recognition of its commitment to empower and inspire children through music.
To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/people/people_42070.html
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