UNICEF [to 8 February 2014]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71508.html

UNICEF Executive Board
First regular session 2014
4-7 February 2014
Selected Documentation
:: Thematic discussion on the work of UNICEF in  humanitarian situations  http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/2014-CRP4-Humanitarian_Action-16Jan14.pdf

::  Plan for global thematic evaluations, 2014-2017
http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/2014-3-Global_thematic_evaluations-ODS-English.pdf

:: Costed UNICEF Gender Action Plan,  2014-2017
http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/2014-CRP5-Progress_on_costed_gender_action_plan-23Dec2013-ENGLISH.pdf

:: Special focus session “Partners for change and  development: the growing partnership between the  European Union and UNICEF”
http://www.unicef.org/about/execboard/files/2014_FRS-Special_Focus_Session-Concept_Note-EU-UNICEF_partnership.pdf

Media Releases
UNICEF prioritizes the hardest hit children as Typhoon-damaged communities move down the road to recovery
MANILA, Philippines, 7 February 2014 – Three months after a massive Typhoon devastated the central Philippines, the long trek back to normalcy for children hardest hit by Typhoon Haiyan has begun.

UNICEF notes strong results in new global estimates for measles mortality 2000 – 2012
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 6 February 2014 – UNICEF today noted that the drop in measles demonstrates the importance of investing in vaccines and immunisation – both routine and mass campaigns – as estimated global measles deaths decreased by 78 per cent from more than 562,000 in 2000 to 122,000 in 2012.

UNICEF statement on Report of the UN Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic
NEW YORK, 5 February 2014 – The first report of the UN Secretary General on children and armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic provides a chilling account of the brutality and abuses that children have suffered for

Thailand: UNICEF expresses ‘deep concern’ about violence against children in the far south
BANGKOK, 5 February 2014 – UNICEF today said it was deeply concerned about the continuing violence against children in Thailand’s restive southernmost provinces, including the killing of three young boys in Narathiwat Province on Monday night.

New handbook to enhance new-born and child care in Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia, 4 February 2014 – Over 30 community health workers, county health directors, senior health ministry officials and programme staff are field testing the new World Health Organization/UNICEF handbook on new born and child care. The three-day workshop is facilitated by experts from UNICEF, WHO and Save the Children.

Central African Republic: UNICEF and partners set up temporary classrooms for over 20,000 displaced children in capital
BANGUI, Central African Republic/DAKAR, Senegal/GENEVA, 4 February 2014 – More than 20,000 children in Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, will start classes in temporary learning spaces after violence forced them to flee their homes and closed down their schools.

EU and UNICEF boost their partnership to improve child and maternal health and to save more children
NEW YORK, 4 February 2014 – The European Union announced today that it has allocated €320 million ($431 million) through UNICEF to improve the health and nutrition of children and women in 15 developing countries and to help speed progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.