Distinguished guests, fellow students, good morning and thank you all

for joining us today. I am here before you as a Youth Ambassador to speak

as an advocate of the UNICEF's Country Programme for Children.
UNICEF is an agency of the United Nations devoted to serving the
world's children, and has been providing assistance to the Philippines since
1948.
The UNICEF has more than 60 people working to promote and protect
the rights of children in our country today, and to provide the best quality of
life for every Filipino child through programmes that help them survive and
flourish.
This organization implement programmes covering education, health
and nutrition, disaster risk reduction and emergencies, HIV and AIDS
prevention, child protection, communication, and local policy and
institutional development.
In order to achieve these goals, UNICEF instituted the Country
Programme for Children(CPC), wherein the organization partnered with the
Philippine Government to eradicate, or at least alleviate existing social
problems our children face today. Previous programmes achieved positive
results: in fact, the UNICEF CPC of 2005-2015 was credited with the creation
and development of various childrens rights networks and coalitions in the
Philippines. On the legislative and policy front, UNICEF is credited with
important contributions by providing key and timely technical, legal, financial
and advocacy support. The law on child pornography was enacted in 2009,
and other laws including on children affected by armed conflict, on the
age of sexual consent and on corporal punishment were filed in Congress.
The passage of the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act (2006), the implementing
rules and regulations of the National Guidelines for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (2007) and the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act
(2010) were reported as having had multiplier effects.
With such impact on the quality of life of our children, the UNICEFs 7th
Country Programme for Children seeks to achieve more. With the continued
support of the government, and the unwavering aid of the LGUs and NGOs,
this partnership shall provide a better, safer, and healthier environment, be it
physical or social, for our children.
Thank you.