UNICEF / ANTHONY LAKE

Anthony Lake, veteran United States diplomat, national security adviser to former President Bill Clinton and long-time humanitarian advocate takes over the helm of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). UNTV

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:50
• Production Date: 3 May 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Subject Topical: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
• MAMS Id: U100503c

Description

STORY: UNCEF / ANTHONY LAKE
TRT: 0.50
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 3 MAY 2010, NEW YORK

Shotlist

RECENT 2010, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters

3 MAY 2010, NEW YORK

2. Various shots, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon swearing in new UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake at UN headquarters
3. Various shots, Anthony Lake shaking heads with other Under-Secretary-Generals
4. Wide shot, Secretary-Geenral Ban Ki-moon and Executive Director Anthony Lake Photo-Op
5. Various shots, round table

Storyline

Anthony Lake, veteran United States diplomat, national security adviser to former President Bill Clinton and long-time humanitarian advocate has taken over the helm of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Appointed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon following what Mr. Ban called "a long and distinguished career with the United States Government", Lake has worked on a wide range of foreign policy, national security and humanitarian issues. He succeeds Ann M. Veneman, who has served as Executive Director since May 2005.

The new UNICEF chief's accomplishments span five vigorous decades. In 1962, he started out as a Foreign Service Officer with the US State Department.

In 2008, he was a senior foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. In the intervening years, he held high-level posts in the Clinton and Carter administrations; was a presidential envoy to Haiti, Ethiopia and Eritrea; and played a key part in shaping policies that led to peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland, among other hotspots.

Lake, who is UNICEF’s sixth Executive Director, brings a wealth of international development experience to the role.