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| | === Campaign to defend UNICEF's mission to defend children === | | === Campaign to defend UNICEF's mission to defend children === |
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| − | [[Save UNICEF]]
| + | A corporate lawyer with strong links to agribusiness and no history in public health or human rights has been appointed head of UNICEF. [[Save UNICEF| Read more]] and ''sign the PHM's Letter of Concern.'' |
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| − | In May 2005 Ms Ann Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture, will take
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| − | office as the Executive Director of UNICEF. Her nomination, negotiated
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| − | secretly by the UN Secretary General with the US Government and rapidly
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| − | approved by UNICEF's Executive Committee, has alarmed public health
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| − | advocates around the world. Ms. Veneman has no background in public health,
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| − | children's welfare, or the rights of disadvantaged people. Her history as
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| − | an advocate for agribusiness, both as a private lawyer and in government,
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| − | is characterized by privileging private profit above the public good.
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| − | Applied at UNICEF, this will be a disaster for the world's children.
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| − | Please sign on to the People's Health Movement's Letter of Concern
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| − | detailing our reservations about the appointment of Ms. Veneman and the
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| − | appointment process. To read the letter and sign on, go to
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| − | [http://www.saveunicef.org/ www.saveunicef.org] Thank you for defending UNICEF's mission.
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| − | For more information contact [mailto:phm@hesperian.org phm@hesperian.org]
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