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Tom McDermott <mcdermott.tom@gmail.com> Mon, Dec 31, 2018, 1:26 PM to UNICEF Dear friends, At this time when we are celebrating the end of 2018 and exchanging new year's greetings for 2019, I thought it appropriate to share these greetings to all of us from Baquer Namazi. As you know, Baquer remains at home under house arrest and on a temporary 'medical furlough' while serving his 10 year prison sentence in Iran. This 'furlough' is currently under review by the authorities, who may at some point decide to return him once again to prison. His younger son, Siamak, remains in Evin Prison, now in his third year of a similar sentence. Earlier this month Ute Deseniss-Gros reminded me that we had not sent greetings to Baquer on December 3rd, his 82nd birthday. I then wrote to Baquer via his eldest son in Dubai. A couple weeks later I received this response from Baquer. His response to me was cut short - perhaps due to action by censors - but included were cop

Like most former unicef staff and retirees I was very pleased to read about plans for celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on Child Rights on 20 November 2019. This was indeed an iconic occurence in unicef's long and illustrious career in improving the welfare of children around the world. On the other hand, this upcoming celebration should also take into account the other notable events that occured on the same date, November 20 th. In order to refresh and emphasize unicef's historical evolution it might be appropriate to consider highlighting the following: The 65 th anniversary of 20 November 1954; the UN resolved to call this day "the Universal Children's Day" in celebration of activities aimed at assisting children around the world; The 60 th anniversary of 20 November 1959; the UN General Assembly adopted "the Declaration on the Rights of the Child", the main formal precursor to the CRC; The 40 th anniversary of the "Interna

GLOBAL STAFF ASSOCIATION 27 December 2018 Dear colleagues, It is the time of year when we take a break to spend time with family and friends and to ring in the new year. It is also a time for reflection. We ushered in the year with a change of guard at the top. Ms. Henrietta H. Fore took office as the UNICEF Executive Director on 1st January 2018. As the year is over, the ED is due for a performance assessment! In the course of the year, the ED has travelled extensively and interacted with many staff. Based on these interactions, I am happy to report that the feedback from colleagues has been very positive. Some of the words used to describe ED Fore are kind, caring, sincere, trustworthy, genuine, humble, motherly, soft-spoken but firm, visionary, approachable, good listener. And the list goes on. To sum it up, her performance has been outstanding! In my time as GSA Chairperson, 2018 has had the most number of challenges, but it has also had the most achievements for staff. And in thi

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792133227804942853.post-8059407215609422006 2019-01-13T14:48:01.628-08:00 2019-01-14T17:42:03.375-08:00 Karsten Sohns Attachments Tue, Dec 25, 2018... Karsten Sohns Attachments Tue, Dec 25, 2018, 9:14 AM to me Dear Editors of XUNICEF News & Views, I appreciate very much reading - XUNICEF News & Views - and also reading about the Ex-Unicefers Reunions whereof I attended even one in Italy several years ago. Suject: Ex-UNICEF Reunions With some more time in the Holyday Season, I would like to draw your attention to Ex-Unicef Gatherings from the GCO / PSD group of ex- UNICEF staff from the Regional Office in Geneva. 1. A first gathering called " GCO-Production Meeting" took place in Zurich in 1915 among 6 ex-staffers during a lunch and afternoon together. 2. A second gathering took place in Geneva / Fernez Voltaire in 1916 where ex-staff from GCO Marketing and Administration participated as well ( 24 persons). We had a lunch a

Karsten Sohns Dear Editors of XUNICEF News & Views,   I appreciate very much reading - XUNICEF News & Views - and also reading about the Ex-Unicefers Reunions whereof I attended even one in Italy several years ago.   Suject: Ex-UNICEF Reunions   With some more time in the Holyday Season, I would like to draw your attention to Ex-Unicef Gatherings from the GCO / PSD group of ex- UNICEF staff from the Regional Office in Geneva.   1. A first gathering called " GCO-Production Meeting" took place in Zurich in 1915 among 6 ex-staffers during a lunch and afternoon together.   2. A second gathering took place in Geneva / Fernez Voltaire in 1916 where ex-staff from GCO Marketing and Administration participated as well ( 24 persons). We had a lunch and afternoon in a good restaurant in Fernez Voltaire / France and met also for dinner at the UN Beach Club in Geneva.   3. A third gathering took place in Porto / Portugal in the first week of June this year. We, approx. 14 ex-staff

The Staff Member I Want - ‘Sam’ Spurgeon Keeny  Apropos of our recent discussion on UNICEF’s lack of of staff skills in anthropology and cultural sensitivity, one wonders what we lost along the way. Especially so when reading what EAPRO Regional Director ‘Sam’ Keeny in 1951 sent to Hq at a time when the office was desperately in need of field officers. “ Out of our experience to date in WHO / UNICEF projects, plus observations of the work of other agencies with similar problems, we tentatively offer the following tests of a good man (or woman) for the job out here: He is free from color prejudice - not only in words, but in the way he lives...Putting this principle into practice means getting to know people in their homes, as well as in business and associating with them socially as well as officially. He knows that one of the most important know-hows is how to get along with people of different background from his own. He acts on the basis that whatever the custom is, it is the c

XUNICEF NEWS & VIEWS A Quarterly Newsletter written by and for former UNICEF staff - December 2018         In this edition - December 14, 2018  Note that this newsletter uses links and is intended for online reading .  If you choose to print it for reading, the links will not work.  In this issue: (Click on any line to go directly to that page).  FROM THE EDITORS Thanks End of the Year This Quarter Errata - Ronald RECENT NEWS Updates        Carl Tinstman        Baquer Namazi XUNICEF and UNICEF - a formal agreement? UNICEF and Migrant Children UNICEF operations banned in Northeast Nigeria Polio PHOTOS OF THE QUARTER The Reunion Yemen Syria The US Mexico Border READERS’ CORNER   The Ties that Bind - the XUNICEF Bibliography  What We’re Reading and Rereading Recognition New & Notable Publications POLICY CORNER UNICEF’s Role in Monitoring the SDGs  Recent Policy Announcements      Strategic Plan 2018 - 2021      Adolescents: Programming for the Second             Decade      Evalu