Reunions - Not one but two
Malta - According to all reports, the 2024 XUNICEF Reunion in Malta was a fabulous success, thanks in particular to the hard work and careful planning by Margherita Amodeo. Last week we called on participants to send us their photos - and did they ever! So far our album has received some 765 photos - and they are still coming in! Click here for the album.
We understand that a draft report of the reunion is circulating and we hope to publish here next week. Meanwhile we hope that individual participants will share their thoughts, reflections and photos on News & Views.
DRC - Statement of the Principals of the IASC: Foreseeing a catastrophic outcome for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the heads of agencies represented in the Inter-Agency Steering Group have signed a powerful statement calling for urgent international efforts to avert this looming crisis that confronts the Congolese people.
As famine looms in Sudan, desperately hungry people are eating soil and leaves according to a Reuters Special Report: "Parts of Sudan are on the brink of famine – a brewing crisis that is man-made. Agriculture has been ravaged as farmers have had their harvested crops stolen by the RSF and fled their lands due to the violence. Hunger, not just fighting, is now driving displacement as people leave home in search of food….” Click here.
Behind Closed Doors - Child marriage in the US : Maniza Habib / Al Jazeera. A report by the Population Institute shows that child marriage and other abuses of child rights continue in the US. Only 12 of 50 US states ban child marriages, most often involving girls ages 16 to 17, but sometimes as young as 12." A shocking revelation of this deplorable practice prevalent in the USA.
World Immunization Week 2024: Humanly Possible :24 - 30 April 2024 was world immunization week. WHO estimated that 154 million lives have been saved through immunization over the past 50 years. Read what UNICEF has to say on immunization. Also see Commemorating the Year of Camels - those who have carried vaccines, water, and other essential health supplies for WHO and UNICEF since 1948.
Help needed - Can one of the participants please help in editing the album by sorting the photos by date and subject, removing duplicates and so forth?
Rwanda Reunion in Portugal: Steven Allen recounts a wonderful gathering of former UNICEF colleagues who worked in Rwanda following the genocide that began 30 years ago in April 1994. Click here.
UNICEF-Cigna Consultative Workshop Report, GSSC Budapest: Souleymane Diabate has shared here the official report of this meeting, which he notes has been heavily redacted. Souleymane has raised a number of important concerns on the report with Bandjougou Magassa, Director of Human Resources. The response of the DHR Director is also provided. Click here for the exchange of emails.
GSA Staff Association Week - GSA has asked to work with XUNICEF for this year's Staff Association Week, June 24 to 30. Activities are planned in all UNICEF offices during the week, and GSA is hoping for active involvement of former staff in each country. This is a great opportunity to strengthen ties at country level between UNICEF offices, staff associations, and UNICEF. We hope to know more in coming weeks so stay tuned.
GSA Staff Association Week - GSA has asked to work with XUNICEF for this year's Staff Association Week, June 24 to 30. Activities are planned in all UNICEF offices during the week, and GSA is hoping for active involvement of former staff in each country. This is a great opportunity to strengthen ties at country level between UNICEF offices, staff associations, and UNICEF. We hope to know more in coming weeks so stay tuned.
DRC - Statement of the Principals of the IASC: Foreseeing a catastrophic outcome for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the heads of agencies represented in the Inter-Agency Steering Group have signed a powerful statement calling for urgent international efforts to avert this looming crisis that confronts the Congolese people.
As famine looms in Sudan, desperately hungry people are eating soil and leaves according to a Reuters Special Report: "Parts of Sudan are on the brink of famine – a brewing crisis that is man-made. Agriculture has been ravaged as farmers have had their harvested crops stolen by the RSF and fled their lands due to the violence. Hunger, not just fighting, is now driving displacement as people leave home in search of food….” Click here.
Behind Closed Doors - Child marriage in the US : Maniza Habib / Al Jazeera. A report by the Population Institute shows that child marriage and other abuses of child rights continue in the US. Only 12 of 50 US states ban child marriages, most often involving girls ages 16 to 17, but sometimes as young as 12." A shocking revelation of this deplorable practice prevalent in the USA.
World Immunization Week 2024: Humanly Possible :24 - 30 April 2024 was world immunization week. WHO estimated that 154 million lives have been saved through immunization over the past 50 years. Read what UNICEF has to say on immunization. Also see Commemorating the Year of Camels - those who have carried vaccines, water, and other essential health supplies for WHO and UNICEF since 1948.
Our columnists this week:
Ramesh Shrestha is In Love with Melite following the 2024 XUNICEF Reunion in Malta.
Nuzhat Shahzadi tells us what she discovered about Affairs of the Heart... And the Naked German Man when she started her assignment in Tarawa.
Ramesh Shrestha is In Love with Melite following the 2024 XUNICEF Reunion in Malta.
Nuzhat Shahzadi tells us what she discovered about Affairs of the Heart... And the Naked German Man when she started her assignment in Tarawa.
Ken Gibbs asks Details, details - who needs to know anyway? He points out that someone had better look for those devils in the details when it comes to programmes we support, and wonders whether anyone in UNICEF these days looks at technical details of government studies and programmes which UNICEF supports ?
This week's editor,
Doreen Lobo
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