UNMIL
United Nations Mission in Liberia
- 25 April 2017
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Coffee Break </strong>is UNMIL Radio’s flagship news and current affairs program that highlights issues of concerns to UNMIL, government of Liberia, Civil Society and Grassroots communities. Issues such as peace and reconciliation, elections, women’s issues, current events, governance, rule of law, electricity and road construction among others are captured in the program which is aired Mondays-Fridays. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;">Coffee Break today featured live interviews with the following persons and issues:</span></p>
<p style="margin: 7px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Adolphus Clarke</strong> – Program Manager Expanded Program on Immunization / Ministry of Health talks about African Vaccination week 2017 which runs from April 24 – 30.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Oliver Pratt</strong>- Program Manager-National Malaria Control Program / Ministry of Health <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>says Liberia is holding consultations with partners to for part of piloting Countries for the world’s first vaccine against malaria starting next year.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Charles Coffey</strong> – President / Press Union of Liberia said today the Union will launch the National Media Council and Revise Code of Ethics for Liberian Journalists.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Veda Simpson</strong>- Program Lead, Women's Situation Room /Angie Brooks International Center talks about their initiative “Talking Bus”</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Rev. Dr. Olu Menjay</strong>-President /Liberia Baptist Missionary Convention speaks about the convention taking place in Lofa County. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 13px 48px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="margin: 0px;">-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman"; margin: 0px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Roosevelt Woods</strong> - Executive Director /Foundation for International Dignity –FIND and </span><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;">partners hold a stakeholders forum on the peace building road map. </span></p>
<p><span style="margin: 0px; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Bartolomew Colley</strong> – Acting Chair /Independent National Commission on Human Rights commemorates the Africa Pre-trial Detention Day and launches thematic report on prisons condition today.</span></p>