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SG/SM/9352-ICEF/1864
08/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9352
ICEF/1864


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SIR PETER USTINOV,


GIVES THANKS FOR LIFE OF REMARKABLE WORLD CITIZEN, STEADFAST UN FRIEND


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’smessage for the Memorial Service for Sir Peter Ustinov, delivered by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in New York, 7 June:

SG/SM/9049-ICEF/1863
04/12/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/9049
ICEF/1863


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CELEBRITY ADVOCATES AS ‘NEW KIND OF STAR’, SHINING LIGHT


ON HARDSHIP, INJUSTICE, IN REMARKS AT UNICEF GALA


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Gala in Beverly Hills on 3 December:


Thank you very much, Carol [Bellamy].

SG/SM/8939-ICEF/1860
15/10/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8939
ICEF/1860


CHINA ‘SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS’ IN ELIMINATING IODINE DEFICIENCY,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO BEIJING MEETING


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level meeting on the elimination of iodine deficiency, as delivered today in Beijing by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):

ICEF/1858-SAG/102-UNEP/108
09/05/2002
Press Release
ICEF/1858
SAG/102
UNEP/108


POLLUTION-RELATED DISEASES KILL MILLIONS OF CHILDREN A YEAR SAYS NEW UN REPORT,


RELEASED FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN


NEW YORK, NAIROBI, GENEVA, 9 May (UNEP/UNICEF/WHO) -- Every day

5,500 children die from diseases caused by consuming water and food polluted with bacteria, according to a new study released by three United Nations agencies.

ICEF/1857-PI/1419
02/05/2002
Press Release
ICEF/1857
PI/1419


Has world lived up to its promises to children?


UN Member States Meet to Review Past Promises and to Set New Goals for Children


New York, 2 May –- An estimated 150 million of the world’s children are malnourished.  Nearly 11 million die before their fifth birthday. Over 120 million are still out of school.  Has the world lived up to its promises to children made at the 1990 World Summit for Children?