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January 12, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Bellamy: United Nations: Unicef: Alert News: Envoys said Outgoing U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman is the Bush administration's candidate to take over the U.N. Children's Fund in May. No decision has been made yet on the UNICEF post, held by American Carol Bellamy for the past 10 years.
Envoys said Outgoing U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman is the Bush administration's candidate to take over the U.N. Children's Fund in May. No decision has been made yet on the UNICEF post, held by American Carol Bellamy for the past 10 years.
Envoys said Outgoing U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman is the Bush administration's candidate to take over the U.N. Children's Fund in May. No decision has been made yet on the UNICEF post, held by American Carol Bellamy for the past 10 years.
US agriculture secretary favored as UNICEF chief
12 Jan 2005 23:39:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds Annan interview, paragraph 4)
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. agriculture secretary Ann Veneman is the Bush administration's candidate to take over the U.N. Children's Fund in May, diplomats said on Wednesday.
No decision has been made yet on the UNICEF post, held by American Carol Bellamy for the past 10 years. But the envoys said Veneman was the White House favorite to head the world's largest children's agency with more than 7,000 staff in 150 countries.
The top UNICEF post has been held by an American since the agency's inception and has a two-term limit unless U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan waives it. The final choice is up to Annan in consultation with UNICEF's 36-member board of directors.
Annan interviewed Veneman when he was in Washington last month to see Secretary of State Colin Powell, the diplomats said. Should he reject Veneman, the United States would likely be asked to propose another name, they added.
If confirmed by the Senate, Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns will replace Veneman, 55, a lawyer, as agriculture secretary during President George W. Bush's second term. Veneman, who grew up on a peach farm in Modesto, California, has served as a specialist in agriculture, international marketing and food aid under Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan.
Bellamy, 62, a Democrat, was appointed executive director of UNICEF in 1995 and reappointed to a second-five year term in 1999, which expires in May. Before UNICEF, Bellamy, a lawyer, was director of the Peace Corps under the Clinton administration and the president of the New York City Council.
UNICEF sponsored a landmark treaty in 1990 on the rights of the child, which President Bill Clinton signed but the U.S. Senate has not ratified. Conservatives believe codifying such rights impinges on the rights of parents.
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