UNICEF awards RI children

Sat, 03 May 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Sixteen children have been nominated by non-
governmental organizations and the government for the inaugural
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Award for Youth
Leadership in East Asia and the Pacific.

The winners will be announced on May 6, during the 6th East
Asia and Pacific Ministerial Consultation on Children, to take
place in Bali from May 5 to May 7.

"Unicef wants to ensure Indonesian children have a voice in
the decisions affecting them. And this is one way of
demonstrating that the work and actions of children have made a
contribution," UNICEF's representative to Indonesia Steve Allen
said in a press release.

The regional director of UNICEF, Mehr Khan, said the award
would become a regular event in the region to correspond with
each ministerial consultation, the next to be held in two years.
-- JP

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