Ann Veneman
Ann Veneman
Ann Margaret Venemanwas the Executive Director of UNICEF from 2005 to 2010. Her appointment was announced on January 18, 2005 by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Previously, Veneman was the United States Secretary of Agriculture, the first and only woman to hold that position. Veneman served as USDA Secretary from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2005, leaving to become the fifth executive director of UNICEF. She served in this position from May 1, 2005. A lawyer by training, Veneman has...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth29 June 1949
CountryUnited States of America
But the fact of the matter is that all scientific evidence would show, based upon what we know about this disease, that muscle cuts - that is, the meat of the animal itself - should not cause any risk to human health.
We are extremely encouraged by the vision and leadership shown by the OIC and ISESCO in mobilizing Islamic countries to accelerate progress for children. UNICEF shares their commitment and stands ready to work with them to ensure their actions have a practical impact and generate concrete results for children.
Given the current situation, we are not prepared to lift any restrictions at this time,
I am honored and humbled to be asked to join your administration, and to serve with you and your qualified team. Agriculture is part of the fabric that makes America great.
This was a dairy cow, and dairy cows have IDs on them. The ID was traced back to the farm in Washington. It's a dairy farm. And that farm now has been quarantined, and the owners have been very cooperative in doing that.
Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact on the market. At this point it's too early to determine how much.
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals depends on reaching vulnerable children throughout the developing world.
Nearly 25 years into the pandemic, this very visible disease continues to have an invisible face and that is the face of the child.
So it's very important that we have an education program for families about how to protect children if they have sick birds around their homes.
One important thing to remember is that muscle cuts of meat have almost no risk,
no specific position has been taken on that proposal.
Almost one in three children in Zimbabwe, 1,6-million, are now orphaned, having lost at least one parent, and this number is growing. HIV and Aids have dramatically increased children's vulnerability in recent years.
The relief effort is becoming more complex with each passing day,
A whole generation has never known a world free of HIV and Aids, yet the magnitude of the problem dwarfs the scale of the response so far.