UNICEF Executive Director provides expertise to UN Economic and Social Council panel

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman joins the panel at the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s operational activities meeting in New York. ECOSOC Secretary Otto Gustafik is at left; World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director John Powell is at right. By Elizabeth Kiem NEW YORK, USA, 11 July 2008 – The triple punch of rising food and energy prices, climate change and lagging investment in agriculture is posing fresh challenges for international development programmes and requires the United Nations to enhance cooperation worldwide, UN agency heads agreed at a panel in New York today. The panel opened the 2008 operational activities session of the UN Social and Economic Council, also known as ECOSOC. It featured the expertise of UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman, along with the heads of the World Food... [read full story]