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  1. Statement by the Secretary-General on his meeting with Pharmaceutical Executives on HIV/AIDS

    ... and new HIV medications and diagnostics, especially for children, to make them more affordable, accessible and appropriate for use in ... of HIV medications and specific diagnostic tools for children, as a contribution to the “Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS” ...

  2. Secretary-General's video message for "Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death"

    ... important gathering. The world is reducing deaths of children under the age of five faster than at any time in the past two decades. Each day, some 17,000 more children survive. Deaths of mothers have been cut by almost half since 1990. ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks to the Pledging Conference on Yemen [as delivered]

    ... under five dies of preventable causes. And nearly 3 million children under 5 and pregnant or lactating women are acutely malnourished. Nearly half of all children aged between six months and 5 years old are chronically malnourished ...

  4. Mr. Fayaz King of Zimbabwe - Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, Field Results and Innovation for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

    ... Field Results and Innovation for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). He will succeed Shanelle Hall of the United States, ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks at launch of Humanitarian Appeal 2007

    ... and calamity. These individuals –overwhelmingly women and children –subsist on the very margins of society in places like Somalia, the ... mother like Middy Omara in Northern Uganda to leave her children in a safe place so she can cultivate her fields and feed her family. ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at event on “Reimagining Education: Preparing the Next Generation with Skills for the Future” [as prepared for delivery]

    ... Unless we act now, by 2030, an estimated 825 million children are expected to leave school without secondary level education. ... and transform education and learning systems to provide all children and young people with quality learning opportunities while countering ...

  7. UN Secretary-General's remarks at Opening of High-level meeting on Global Responsibility Sharing for Syrian Refugees [As delivered]

    ... were running here and there to get something to feed their children. The United Nations brought not only soldiers, but food, medicines, ... must do everything in its power to help Syrian refugee children – and all refugees – to keep their dreams alive, as it did for me, ...

  8. Secretary-General's message to the High-Level meeting of the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency

    ... salt iodization. Since the historic World Summit for Children in 1990, a tremendously effective public-private-UN partnership has ... now protected from brain damage, and hundreds of millions of children are performing better in school. China provides a splendid example ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at the screening of “No Woman No Cry” (as prepared for delivery)

    ... mother counts”. Each year, millions of women and children die needlessly. We know how to save their lives. We can do ... go without. Investing in the health of women and children is one of the best investments we can make. It is the right ...

  10. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to Every Woman Every Child special event [as prepared for delivery]

    ... I saw the horrors of conflict and famine affecting women and children in huge numbers. Later in life, I was a part–time blogger. ... Secretary-General’s high-level meeting on women’s and children’s health. I shared the story of Clara Muchimba, a midwife in Zambia. ...