Bush associate in top UNICEF job.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Ann Veneman Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) is currently the Executive Director of UNICEF. She was the first woman and first Californian to become the United States Secretary of Agriculture. has taken on the role of new Executive Director of UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. . Veneman was Secretary of Agriculture in the Bush cabinet. Her appointment raises a number of questions about the changes she may bring to the organization because of her connection to President Bush Veneman succeeds Carol Bellamy who was an anathema to the Bush administration. UNICEF supporters fear that the agency would take on the Bush administration policies and limit the agency's programs on AIDS prevention, sexual health and condoms. In January Veneman told reporters that social issues such as reproductive health were "irrelevant" to UNICEF'S mission, a remark that many interpreted as signalling a change in UNICEF'S drive to promote family planning family planning Use of measures designed to regulate the number and spacing of children within a family, largely to curb population growth and ensure each family’s access to limited resources. . More recently, she said that "We're not going to change UNICEF' S position." Veneman has been visiting Malawi, Swaziland and South Africa on her first trip to Africa as agency head. Adult HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. prevalence in Swaziland is above 40 percent, and Malawi is struggling with a 14 percent infection rate. |
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