They heard two detailed UNICEF presentations on budgeting experiences in Ecuador and the Democratic Republic of Congo – along with further presentations from the World Bank, the UN Special Unit for South-South Cooperation and the NGO International Budget Project.
UNICEF's presentation – held in five languages – was the first opportunity many players had had to discuss and learn about HIV/AIDS with their peers, and the session provided an important forum to dispel myths and preconceptions surrounding the epidemic.
"By bridging the language barriers, our work this week can be one important component in the foundation for peace-building and national development," said Ms. Barbara Kolucki, education consultant from UNICEF in her presentation.
San Marino-UNICEF Award goes to children's advocacy group from Azerbaijan BAKU, 24 February 2010 – UNICEF supports the presentation of the Alexander Bodini Charitable Foundation children's awards, which will honour three child-led organizations that have successfully contributed to creating a world fit for children.
'A breastfed child is a happy child' During her presentation, UNICEF Liberia Representative Angela Kearney explained that "exclusive breastfeeding is the number-one preventive intervention for child survival, with the potential to save at least an additional 1.3 million lives per year".
In recent months, she led a delegation of children's rights activists, sponsored by Unicef, that made presentations to provincial politicians in Peshawar.
Following a series of three presentations, UNICEF asked me to consider joining them as a Field Security Officer, or FSO.
"Yes we are happy on our first day at school!" the six-year-olds chanted in formal Arabic after a cheery presentation from Unicef's Ibrahim Farah, coordinating an ambitious "back to learning" campaign with the Syrian ministry of education.
A few years ago, a Unicef official gave a presentation to an industry trade group, forecasting dramatically increasing demand for peanut pastes.
