UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
NATIONS U NIES
COMMISSION EC ONOMIQUE POUR l'A FRIQlJE
NO. 464) 26 April 1994
COunt ry prggro--es coI led "fr pntl ino of Action " fpr sus ta inab le bll'on deyel pr nt UNICEF efforts OMNls, cora problOM pf
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SOu thern Africa"Core probl e•• of wo.en and chi l d r e n " in eastern and southern Atrica , ar~a. ~set by drought, war, refugee tlows and displac~
persons, were the focu s of United Nations Children's Fund (UN I CEF ) cou n t ry proqramaes , leonardO Sie ao, Minister of Health ot Mo z a mbi que , told the UNI CEF EXecutive Board this .arning as i t continued its second reqular a. $ s i o n .
The bollrd llpproved the cou n t r y progra_ e recommendllti ons tor tive eastern and sou t h e rn African co un t r i es: Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zi Jabllbwe and Mozalllbique . The proposed co u n t r y proqra_e for Moz a mbiq u e , sa i d Mr. Siaa o, was an i~portant co nt r i but i o n by the international conaunity and UNICEF to his cou ntry 's efforts towsrds co nso l i d a t i o n of peac e, har.any and nat i ona l reconstruction.
The board aleo approved the reco. . .ndations for shor t - d u r a t i o n cou n t r y proqr•• • ell in Co moro s . Eritrea, Madaqas car . Mauritius, Son a li a. SOu t h Atrica and Za ab la. A recommendati on for addltional qenera l resourc.s in the a.aunt of DLRSIO.l .Iliion to tund the ap p r oved co u n t r y progras.e s In Anqola , Sao Tos . and Prlncip" , Swaziland and Ug a nd a wa s likewis e approvad .
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Oftering a general in t r odu c t i o n to the country proqra. . . . ,
Richard J o l l y , Deputy £xeeutivft Director , proqra. . .. , said that th e c oun t r y proqr. . . . approach eon6tituted the frontline of action for
aus t ai na b le hu•• n development in UNICEF' .activities.
The processwas a parti c ipatory one , involving non-governmental o r g a ni za ti o ns,
child-care . pRo t _ l is t s, activists and governm8nte . He not~ that the report. boIfQl'8 the bo....rd treated su c h subject s a. t ••Uy planning, women's health and education, and children'. st a t us.Repres entatives of the following co u n t r i . . also _de st a t. . .nt. thi s aorning: Canada. Netherlands, Sweden , Ethiopia , Un i t ed St a t ••, Ge~ny. Zambia, Ziababwe , United ~inqdom. Ch i na . Burundi, United Republic of Tanzania, Anqala, Burkina Fa80, o.n. .rk, Republic of Korea, India and Sie r r a Laone .
The UNICEF Representative in zi~bw. introduced the country proqr a. . . reco. .endati ons tor that cou n t ry. The UNrCEF Reqional Director for Eastern and Sou t h e r n Afri ca introduced the co u n t ry proqrammes of that region .
