RI to host 6th EAP Ministerial meeting<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) named
\nIndonesia as the host of its sixth East Asia and Pacific (EAP)
\nMinisterial Consultation meeting next month.<\/p>\n
The meeting will discuss ways to improve children's welfare in
\nthe East Asia-Pacific region for the coming decade. Bali will
\nhost the meeting from May 5 through May 7.<\/p>\n
\"What the EAP agree to in Bali, the consensus, will form the
\nbasis for UNICEF's efforts in Indonesia and throughout the
\nregion,\" UNICEF said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n
It said the meeting would focus on four development issues
\nfacing the region: nutrition, maternal and neonatal mortality,
\ncommercial sexual exploitation of children and trafficking, and
\nHIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n
UNICEF has voiced concern over Indonesia's poor record in each
\nof the four issues.<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri will open the meeting and
\nMinister of Health Achmad Sujudi will deliver the keynote speech.
\n--JP<\/p>",
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