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$ 100m UNICEF fund for 4 sectors for 2 years

Immunization, sanitation success of Bangladesh can be used as model
The Executive Director of the United Nations Children* Education Fund (UNICEF). James P Grant Wednesday । congratulated the new Bangladesh Government for achieving remarkable progress tn Immunization coverage among the infants.
Talking to BSS at the Zia International Airport on his arrival in Dhaka on a three-day visit to Bangladesh, the UNICEF chief said,’ Wc believe Bangladesh is going to see more progress in 1990s in the field of univcrsalisation of primary education and eradication of illiteracy, particularly for the girls.
Replying to a question. Grant said the UNICEF had already sanctioned 100 million US dollar for funding health, education, water and sanitation sectors for the next two years.
Of which 50 million dollar would be spent In 1993 and the rest 50 million dollar for the next year, he added.
Grant pointed out that the UNICEF was executing the second biggest programme In Bangladesh after India.
The achievements and successes In Bangladesh in the field of child Immunization and sanitation programmes can be example and Ideal model for other developing countries, the UNICEF chief said.
Appreciating the successes In the immunization programme, Grant said immunization among the age group of one year In Bangladesh was better than that of the progress in the USA.
Similarly the progress of Immunization among children tn Dhaka Is better than London, he added.
Replying to another question. Grant said he would discuss with Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia Thursday the second SAARC summit meeting on children scheduled to be held tn Colombo tn September this year.
The first SAARC summit on children was held In Bangalore In 1986 In which Bangladesh had played a pioneering role. In fact that was the first summit meeting which took the Issue of children as Its agenda for the first time In the history. Grant recalled.
Earlier making an opening statement. Grant said he would talk to the new democratic Government on the UNICEF programmes in Bangladesh In the field of primary education and eradication of illiteracy by the year 2000 and examine the
progress made so far In the sanitation and elimination of iodine deficiency disorders and nutritional blindness.
The UNICEF Executive Director was received at the airport by ERD Secretary Enam Ahmed Chowdhury , Additional Secretary, of the Ministry of Education. Abdullah Haroon Pasha. UNICEF Representative In Bangladesh Cole P Dodge and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Besides calling on the Prime Minister, Grant will meet the Foreign Minister ASM Mostafizur Rahman. Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman. Health Mirtlster Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf, LORD and Cooperative Minister Abdus Salam Talukdar and Education Minister Zamfruddin Sircar.