UNICEF [to 3 May 2014]

UNICEF [to 3 May 2014]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_71508.html

Media Releases [selected]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reappoints Anthony Lake Executive Director of UNICEF
UNITED NATIONS, 2 May 2014 – Following consultations with the UNICEF Executive Board, the Secretary-General is pleased to reappoint Mr. Anthony Lake as Executive Director of UNICEF.

UNICEF chief praises and calls for more progress for disadvantaged children in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia, 2 May 2014 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake travelled to Bolivia this week to meet with children, families and government officials, to advocate for further progress in overcoming Bolivia’s historic inequities.

UNICEF condemns latest attacks on children in Syria
AMMAN, 30 April 2014 – UNICEF is outraged by the latest wave of indiscriminate attacks perpetrated against schools and other civilian targets across Syria which left dozens of children killed and injured.

UNICEF condemns attack on health facility, killing of aid staff in Central African Republic
DAKAR, Senegal/BANGUI, Central African Republic, 29 April 2014 – “UNICEF is outraged by the attack on a health centre that killed 22 civilians, including three aid workers with the medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in the northern town of Boguila, Central African Republic, on Saturday 26 April.

Progress made for children in Peru, but equity gap remains visible, says UNICEF chief
LIMA, Peru, 28 April 2014 – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake travelled to Peru this week where he met with children, community members, government officials and civil society partners to see how education, health and social protection programmes are bridging the equity gap between indigenous and non-indigenous children.