New York, 7 September 2010 – Addressing the needs of the poorest of the poor is the key to meeting ambitious development goals and reducing global injustice, according to a UNICEF’s latest ‘Progress for Children’ report. The report was released this week, during the first day of a UNICEF Executive Board session at United Nations headquarters in New York.In 2000, world leaders adopted the UN Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to make the world a more equitable place and setting out a series of time-bound targets that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs. Every year, UNICEF’s flagship ‘Progress for Children’ report monitors progress towards...

Vienna, 23 July 2010 – UNICEF experts in HIV and AIDS, gathered from over 35 countries, said that the just concluded International AIDS Conference re-affirmed the critical importance of preventing mother to child transmission of HIV.  However stigma is still a major factor in keeping women and young people from accessing the services they need. The number of children born with the virus every year is around 400,000.  AIDS 2010 made the goal of effective elimination of HIV in newborns a worldwide priority. UNICEF makes effective elimination of Mother to Child Transmission a primary focus of its work, Executive Director Tony Lake told the conference. “We have the evidence and we ...

20th July 2010, Geneva/Vienna - Efforts worldwide on access to treatment for children with HIV have reached a new milestone, with 355 000 children receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, compared to 276 000 at the end of 2008; but many more lives could be saved if more infants started on medication earlier according to new recommendations from WHO. Promoting healthier lives for infants and children"It is encouraging that more children are getting access to HIV treatment, but we have opportunities to do more to promote healthy lives for infants and children,” says Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director-General for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases at WHO...

16th July 2010 - Nothing for children without listening to children. Children themselves are part of the solution not part of the problem. And they proved to have very clear insights of what they want during the Eurochild children’s meeting, which has taken place from 11 to 16 July in Brussels. Three priority areas where identified by the 33 children and young people aged 10 to 18 from nine different countries who, from 11 to 16 July, gathered in Brussels to discuss how children experience poverty and social exclusion. They spoke about possible ways out and what can be done to ensure that children have a stake in their future and can influence decisions affecting them. The three key messa...

12th July 2010, New York - UN Headquarters in New York held the Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with NGO, Civil Society organisations and the Private sector from 14th to 25th June. The purpose of the hearings was to provide input for the preparatory process of the MDG + 10 Summit to take place on 20-22 September in New York. At the hearings, high-profile international experts discussed a number of issues among which equal and inclusive partnerships, accountability in the fight against poverty, sustaining development and withstanding crises, drafting and implementing new policies aimed at delivering on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and finding balance between...

10 Juin 2010, Barcelone– Dans le cadre du processus de préparation du sommet sur les OMD qui aura lieu du 20 au 22 septembre, l’Assemblée Générale de l’ONU organise les 14 et 15 juin des audiences interactives avec les représentants des ONG, de la société civile et du secteur privé. Les résultats de ces audiences seront intégrés aux discussions lors du sommet OMD+10 qui aura lieu à New York, et seront distribués en tant que document de l’Assemblée. Les audiences sont l’occasion pour les acteurs de la société civile de faire part de leurs attentes et d’effectuer des recommandations sur les moyens d’accélérer le processus pour atteindre entièrement les Objecti...