11.04.08
Sustainable environmental development has to be a top priority in Ukraine’s state policy, - experts say
11 April 2008, Kyiv - In
September 2000 at the Millennium Summit in
New York Ukraine signed the UN “Millennium
Declaration”. By signing the Declaration
Ukraine took on the responsibility to achieve the Millennium Goals in the
sphere of development till 2015 in six
development areas: ensuring poverty
reduction, quality life-long
education, sustainable environmental development, improving maternal health and
reducing child mortality, reducing and slowing down the spread of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
and promoting gender equality.
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10.04.08
School-aged children in Ukraine use alcohol and drugs and begin sexual life at an increasingly young age, UNICEF experts.
Êyiv, 10 April 2008 - The results of a study launched today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) show that children use alcohol, take drugs and begin sexual life at an increasingly young age.
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07.04.08
World Health Day 2008: WHO experts call for health systems to play a greater role in population’s protection from climate change
7 April 2008. Kyiv – Copenhagen. – In 2008 World Health Day is observed with protecting health from climate change. Directly and indirectly, climate change profoundly affects health, leading to a substantial burden on health systems.
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04.04.08
UN disclaims information provided by several mass media outlets
 4 April 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The United Nations Country Team in Ukraine is concerned by the recent incorrect statements in the media outlets concerning UN assessment of the health system in Ukraine. “The experts of the UN agencies in Ukraine have not made statements and comments regarding the absence of the adequate health system in Ukraine”, stated Dr Igor Pokanevych, Head of WHO Country Office in Ukraine and Head of the UN Ukraine Theme Group on Health.
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02.04.08
Mutual accountability needed to achieve anti-poverty goals – UN Assembly President
 2 april, 2008. New-York-Kyiv: Mutual
accountability between rich and poor States is the only way forward to
achieving the anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs), the General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim said today, addressing a
debate on how to best achieve those Goals by 2015.
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01.04.08
Gender equality is impossible if Ukrainian men do not share the ideas of responsible fathering
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April, 2008. Kyiv - The participants of Swedish-Ukrainian
international workshop “Responsible Parenthood: New Challenges and Solutions”
discuss the issues of gender
equality and mechanisms of their implementation in Sweden
and Ukraine and the problems
of responsible parenthood in Sweden
and Ukraine.
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31.03.08
Today the world marks the first commemoration of World Autism Awareness Day
2 April, 2008. New York - Today, the world marks the first commemoration of World Autism Awareness Day. On this day, the United Nations reaffirms its commitment to the rights and well-being of people with disabilities -- a commitment rooted in our fundamental principle of universal human rights for all, - says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the Inauguration of World Autism Awareness Day.
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29.03.08
Students of Kyiv Art School #1 participated in the competition of paintings devoted to World Water Day
30 March 2008. Kyiv , Ukraine - Around 50 students of Kyiv Art School #1 participated in competition of paintings showing their perception of water in our day-to-day life. Initiated by the UN office in Ukraine, this competition was devoted to the World Water Day observed annually on 22 March worldwide.
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26.03.08
Business Leaders discussed how partnering together can reinforce CSR development in Ukraine
 26 March 2008. Kyiv - The first “Developing Business
Partnerships for CSR” Forum has been organized today in “Opera” hotel in Kyiv
by the United Nations office in Ukraine and BEST analytical center with the
support of System Capital Management and Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The Forum
gave a floor to discussion of the importance of establishing partnerships
between businesses for the successful implementation of socially responsible
strategies .
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23.03.08
We don't expect people to observe a moment of silence on World Water Day - but maybe they should, says UN Secretary-General in his article "Water is Life".
23 March, 2008. Kyiv - At the United Nations, March 22nd is World Water Day. We don't expect people to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence - but maybe they should, says UN Secretary-General in his op-ed "Water is Life" published in the Ukrainian daily Newpaper 24.
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