Letter from UNICEF
With reference to the Call for Evidence of 10
December 2007, I am pleased to enclose the response of UNICEF.
UNICEF has already contributed to the detailed
responses provided through UNSIC and UNAIDS. UNICEF also recognizes
that the World Health Organization, UNSIC and UNAIDS are the most
appropriate agencies to take the lead in providing detailed information
and data in response to the issues raised in the Call for Evidence.
Therefore, in the interests of avoiding duplicating the work of
our partners, we have confined our response to describing UNICEF's
specific contributions in the areas of HIV/AIDS, malaria and Avian
Influenza, with a focus on Issue 6: What role does your organisation
play in combating the four diseases? Do you believe that it is
correctly configured and adequately resourced to do the job? With
which other organisations do you collaborate? How would you assess
the degree of synergy? and we enclose our response accordingly.
UNICEF welcomes the opportunity to contribute
to this important initiative of the United Kingdom Government
in creating a new Select Committee of the House of Lords. UNICEF
looks forward to seeing the results of this work and assures you
of our willingness to contribute further information in future
if required.
13 February 2008
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