UNICEF Speech

Distinguished guests, fellow students, good morning and thank you all for joining us today today.. I am here before you as a Youth Youth Ambassador Ambassado r to speak as an advocate of the UI!"#$s !ountry %rogramme for !hildren. !hildren. UI!"# is an agency of the United ations devoted to serving the world$s children, and has been providing assistance to the %hilippines since &'().  *he UI!"# has more than + people working to promote promote and protect the rights of children in our country today, toda y, and to provide p rovide the best -uality of life for every #ilipino child through programmes that help them survive s urvive and ourish.  *his organi/ation implement implement programmes programmes covering education, health health and nutrition, disaster risk reduction and emergencies, 0I1 and AID2 prevention, prevention, child protection, communication, communication, and local policy and institutional development. In order to achieve these goals, UI!"# instituted the !ountry %rogramme %rogramme for !hildren3!%!4, !hildren3!%!4, wherein the organi/ation partnered with the %hilippine 5overnment 5overnment to eradicate, or at least alleviate e6isting social problems our children face today. %revious programmes achieved positive results7 in fact, the UI!"# !%! of 89:8&9 89:8&9 was credited with the creation and development of various children;s rights networks and coalitions in the %hilippines. including on children a?ected by armed conict, on the age of se6ual consent and on corporal punishment > were =led in !ongress.  *he passage of the @uvenile @ustice elfare elfare Act Act 38+4, the implementing implementing rules and regulations of the ational 5uidelines for the Barketing of Creast: milk 2ubstitutes 384 and the "6panded Creastfeeding %romotion %romotion Act 38&4 were reported reported as having ha ving had multiplier e?ects. ith such impact on the -uality of life of our children, the UI!"#;s  th !ountry %rogramme %rogramme for !hildren seeks to achieve more. ith the continued support of the government, and the unwavering aid of the E5Us and 5