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NEW YORK (AP) -- Carol Bellamy has witnessed her share of horrors as head of the United Nations children's agency for the past 10 years, from traumatized Iraqi children to starving Sudanese babies to frightened tsunami orphans. Through it all, she says, she's tried to push forward. ``You can't just stand there and be helpless,'' she says. ``You have to do something.'' Advertisement The 63-year-old executive director of United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, who leaves her post April 30, recently returned from Asia's tsunami-devastated regions. Of more than 150,000 people killed, more than a third are believed to be...

NEW YORK, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of a Bush Administration veteran to replace Carol Bellamy as the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Beginning May 1, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will replace Bellamy who has been credited with leading the once world-renowned organization into international disrepute. Bellamy, a Clinton Administration pick for the UNICEF post, has been slammed for years by pro-lifers for turning UNICEF into an abortion-promoting organization. U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has said that Bellamy is so pro-abortion that, while a Senator...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - HIV experts criticized Washington's decision to send a pared-down delegation to the International AIDS Conference beginning Sunday as an intrusion of politics into science. Conference organizers see the U.S. move as a reaction to the conference's lack of focus on abstinence as a way of preventing the spread of HIV - a pillar of President Bush's policy on AIDS. A major debate is scheduled at the conference on the merits of the Bush-backed ABC strategy, which stands for "Abstinence, Being Faithful, Condom Use" - in that order. Critics say promoting condoms should come first. Carol Bellamy,...

Mention UNICEF, and most people think of stick-figure greeting cards and crayon-color calendars. Indeed, UNICEF is the best-known child rights organization in the world. According to its website, "UNICEF works for health, education, equality and protection for every child." In 1995, Carol Bellamy took over at the helm of UNICEF. Since then, UNICEF has become increasingly focused on gender equality. This Special Report analyzes the UNICEF sex-specific programs for girls and boys. Girls' Programs A review of the UNICEF publications reveals 4 gender-specific publications for girls (www.unicef.org/infores/publications.htm): 1. Lessons from South Asia to End Violence Against Women and Girls 2....