In this hour, we speak with Ann Veneman, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and current executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Having just returned from Haiti, she tells us about the organization’s role in providing disaster relief around the world, and why in her view, the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti is “a children’s emergency.”
Guests:
Ann Veneman, executive director of UNICEF; Modesto native, B.A. from UC Davis, M.P.P. from UC Berkeley and J.D. from Hastings College of Law; #46 on Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the world, 2009.
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