UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, to Visit Fiji

The UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Russell, will be on her first official visit to Fiji this week from Thursday 18th to Friday 19th July 2024.

The visit is of great significance since it would be the first in a decade for UNICEF’s Executive Director to visit the Pacific Islands, including Australia and New Zealand.

The Executive Director’s visit reaffirms UNICEF’s unwavering commitment to Governments in the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand, in support of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The visit is an opportunity to further strengthen existing partnerships of cooperation between UNICEF and the Pacific Islands, Australia, and New Zealand.

While in Fiji, Ms Russell will pay a courtesy call to the Acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Cooperatives, Small-Medium Enterprises, Hon. Manoa Kamikamica.

A major highlight of this visit will include discussions with the youths in Fiji.

The deliberations will create initiatives for stronger collaboration between UNICEF and the Government of Fiji on the joint efforts to empower children in Fiji and Pacific.

The UNICEF Pacific Office in Fiji works closely with the Government of Fiji through provision of technical assistance and dedicated programmes at both national and community level.

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

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