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Executive
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Document Text:
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E/ICEF/1998/P/L.26
30 June 1998
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
FOR ACTION
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
Executive Board
Second regular session 1998
8-11 September 1998
Item 7 of the provisional agenda*
RECOMMENDATION FOR
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
TO FUND THE
APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMME**
Democratic Republic of the
Congo
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SUMMARY
The present document contains recommendation
for additional general resources to fund the approved country
programme for the Democratic Republic of the Congo for which the
balance of approved general resources is not sufficient to fund the
programme up to the end of the approved programme period. The
Executive Director recommends that the Executive Board approve additional
general resources in the amount of $2,502,000 for 1998-1999 to
achieve the objectives of the country programme as originally
approved by the Executive Board. |
* E/ICEF/1998/12.
** The figures
provided in the present document are final and take into account unspent
balances of programme cooperation at the end of 1997. They will be
contained in the "Summary of 1998 recommendations for general resources
and supplementary funding programmes"
(E/ICEF/1998/P/L.21).
1.
The current country programme for the
Democratic Republic of Congo, covering the period 1998-1999, was approved
by the Executive Board in 1997, with an allocation of $ 16,144,000 from
general resources and $ 12,000,000 in supplementary funds
(E/ICEF/1997/P/L.21). At that time, the annual general resources planning
level for the Democratic Republic of Congo, calculated under criteria
approved by the Executive Board (child population, gross national product
(GNP) per capita and under-five mortality rate (U5MR)), was $8,072,000 per
year.
2. Since then, based on
the country's U5MR and GNP per capita, the planning levels of the country
programme were increased to $8,879,000 for 1998 and $9,767,000 for 1999.
As a result, an additional $2,502,000 is required to achieve the
objectives of the country programme as approved by the Executive Board. A
country programme recommendation for the period 2000-2002 will be
submitted to the Executive Board in 1999. It will be synchronized with the
Government's national triennial development plan and harmonized with the
planning cycles of the agencies that are members of the Joint Consultative
Group on Policy.
3. The country
programme approved in 1997 continues to focus on primary health care,
basic education, protection of children and women and the development of
social policies. The additional general resources will be used to expand
these activities, which already have seen success in a number of areas.
The programme is synchronized with emergency interventions under the
inter-agency humanitarian programme for countries of the Great Lakes
region and Central Africa.
4.
Based on the success of local immunization days in 47 cities in 1997,
which had remarkable results in increasing immunization coverage for
polio, further national immunization days are planned for 1998. Access to
routine immunization services has increased considerably through the
delivery of equipment, support to strengthening national capacities for
microplanning, supervision and monitoring, and social mobilization. A
model developed for a community-based, minimum package of quality health
care at the primary level and for essential, quality obstetric care at the
first referral level, has been launched successfully in five health
service areas in three provinces.
5. The education programme is progressing as
planned. Some 125 schools in eight of the eleven provinces have been
revitalized and 2,000 teachers have been trained. A national strategy for
"education for life" has been defined and experimentation is currently
underway.
6. The social
reinsertion of demobilized child soldiers has been initiated in two
locations in the country and advocacy being done for the programme to
reach all child soldiers nationally. Services for children in need of
special protection have been reinforced, in partnership with the
Government and non-governmental organizations.
7. Advocacy activities, including seminars and
workshops, are focused on influencing the drafting and approval of the new
Constitution so that it will reflect the relevant clauses of the
Convention of the Rights of the Child and of the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The country has
submitted its first report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Additional funding
requirements
(In United States
dollars)
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Current programme
cycle |
Approved
general
resources
funding |
Additional
funding proposed |
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1998-1999 |
16,144,000 |
2,502,000 |
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