Ann Margaret Veneman (born June 29, 1949) is currently the Executive Director of UNICEF. She was the first woman to become the United States Secretary of Agriculture. She announced her resignation as Secretary on November 15, 2004, which took effect on January 20, 2005. On January 18, 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced Secretary Veneman's appointment as the fifth Executive Director of UNICEF. The appointment was made effective with the end of the term of former UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy on May 1, 2005.
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- Blog Source: www.inditop.com | 11 days agoBut Unicef executive director Ann Veneman said in launching a report on the 20th anniversary of the convention that children's rights are still far from being assured. “It's unacceptable that children are still dying from preventable ...
- Blog Source: www.unmultimedia.org | 19 days agoAnn Veneman. As part of her visit, Ann Veneman visited Timbuktu, a city in the semi-arid Sahel region, which has been severely affected by climate change. The city's branches of the Niger River have dried up due to drought and much of ...
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