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In her address to the Executive Board's 2007 opening session,

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UNICEF Executive Director Anne Veneman

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talks about the importance of working with partners.

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UNICEF is committed to working with others

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to achieve maximum results for children.

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Working together allows partners

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to draw upon each other's comparative strengths

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to maximize impact.

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Working closely with partners is also a vital part

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of the high-level panel on UN system-wide coherence,

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which was issued in November of 2006.

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UNICEF remains committed to a strengthened

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and coherent UN system

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to produce better results for children.

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We will continue to underscore the importance

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of producing concrete and measurable results in our work,

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guided by the Millennium Development Goals

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and the Millennium Declaration.

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Children are at the heart of those goals.

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When we speak about results,

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we are speaking about improving the lives of children,

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improvements such as better health, gender equality,

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protection from violence and abuse,

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access to clean water, and quality education,

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which in turn will help safeguard childhoods

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and provide the tools for children

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to lead independent and productive lives as adults.

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As we begin our work this week,

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let us keep their faces in our minds and in our hearts.