Annual Cooperation Plan
for 2007 was signed by Ukrainian Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Viktor Korzh
and UNICEF Representative Jeremy Hartley, “Cabinet press office” reported.
The United Nations
Children's Fund assists implementation of programs and projects in priority
sphere of childhood protection in Ukraine.
At the signing ceremony
Viktor Korzh said that the main purpose is to create conditions for realization
of the right of each child to be grown in a family or family surroundings.
In 2006 UNICEF realized
programs, which supported Ukraine's aspirations to reach the Millenium
Development goals, which in particular are: overcoming poverty, improvement of
mothers' health and reduction of the level of children's mortality, fighting
HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.
According to Jeremy
Hartley, the Annual Plan continues developing health, nutrition, education and
protection of children programs, which will help Ukraine in development of
state environments, favorable for children.
