A Private Initiative. A Global partnership.United Nations Fund for International Partnerships Just over two years ago, on 18 September 1997, Robert Edward ("Ted') Turner III, Vice-Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Time-Warner, Inc., announced a generous and historic gift in support of United Nations causes-up to $1 billion over a 10-year period. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1 1997 to January 1 2007, serving two five-year terms. He was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. warmly welcomed this extraordinary gesture, which would assist and support the United Nations in achieving the goals of its Charter. As a new and additional financial resource the Foundation would supplement regular, assessed or voluntarily funded UN programmes and projects. Contributions are made through the United Nations Foundation, Inc. (UNF UNF University of North Florida UNF Unfinished UNF Ungdommens Naturvidenskabelige Forening (Denmark) UNF United Nations Foundation UNF Ungdomens Nykterhetsförbund UNF United Nations Fund UNF Unified National Fine ), a public charity established by Mr. Turner in early 1998. Timothy E. Wirth, President of the Foundation, stresses that "one of our major objectives will be to try to leverage Ted Turner's gift to attract contributions from other sources. As our funds go into the UN system, we hope it will pull in other money from individual and corporate and institutional donors." On 1 March 1998, the Secretary-General established the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP UNFIP United Nations Fund for International Partnerships ) as an autonomous fund to interface with the Foundation and to act as facilitator for the UN system in this venture. "Our aim is to serve as an interlocutor in·ter·loc·u·tor n. 1. Someone who takes part in a conversation, often formally or officially. 2. The performer in a minstrel show who is placed midway between the end men and engages in banter with them. for the UN family with the Foundation, and to continue building bridges between and with UN entities, with NGOs, and with the private sector", states the new-appointed Executive Director, Amir Dossal dos·sal also dos·sel n. An ornamental hanging of rich fabric, as behind an altar. [Medieval Latin doss . An important tash for UNFIP is to ensure that proposals to be funded are in conformity with the orientation of the Secretary-Genrals's reform programme. In particular UNFIP encourages UN Country Team initiatives and thus aims at working closely with the UN Development Group Office and the system of UN Development Assistance Frameworks-both results of Mr. Annan's reform. "One of the most encouraging developments in the United Nations system", Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette believes, "is the emergence of a true team spirit both at Headquarters and in the field. The willingness to sit round a table, to consider problems jointly, and to design solutions in a cooperative fashion will, I am sure, significantly enhance our effectiveness an4 therefore, the value of our service to our Member States." In the United Nations General Assembly, delegations from Member States sum up their vision of the world as they would like it to be, as they feel it should be. Across the street, UNFLP's small but dedicated staff seeks to bring to life the very real, very palpable results the choice and funding of speaific projects bring to children, to women and to men across the globe. This strategic direction offers a basis for developing specific grass roots grass roots pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the. 2. The groundwork or source of something. projects that can address at the very practical level global concepts and concerns, whether of poverty or pollution, women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and and aspirations for children, or, indeed, simply the enhancement, if not creation, of the quality of life. Since the establishment of UNFIP, four funding rounds have been completed and almost $140 million awarded to 79 projects covering population and women, children's health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. , environment and selected UN causes, which include the provision of support to the Secretary-General's reform programme. Funds have also been earmarked for emergency assistance relief efforts to the Kosovo region. The portfolio of approved project assistance is distributed across geographic regions, including Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Europe, together with the Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Between Dec. 8 and Dec. . Projects are generated both at Headquarters-with multi-country implications-and from programme countries directly. These initiatives will strengthen the United Nations capability to respond to real problems and needs of real people worldwide. |
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