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UNICEF's form letter to me and my response. My response leads. I hope that
others will also contact UNICEF about this serious problem with their
spokesperson's credibility and the message she is sending.

Katie Allison Granju
University of Tennessee College of Law
Knoxville, TN

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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:53:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Catherine Alliso Granju <[log in to unmask]>
To: Gloria Adutwum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Jane Seymour as Spokesperson for UNICEF

Ms. Adutwum:

Thank you for your response. It is clear that UNICEF understands the
problem with Ms. Seymour's apparent advocacy of bottlefeeding in her
Clairol advertisements. However, I do not feel that "positive
messages on breastfeeding" in her weekly television show, commendable
though that may be, will negate the impression that is left in viewers'
minds by her Clairol commercial. I am curious why someone who describes
herself as an "ardent" supporter of breastfeeding would allow such a
commercial to be aired in the first place.

Please advise what steps UNICEF will be taking to deal with the problem of
Ms. Seymour bottlefeeding her own twin infants in this widely-viewed U.S.
advertisement. I continue to maintain that UNICEF's spokesperson should
not be appearing in a television ad which is  in  clear contravention of
the WHO
Code on the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.I will forward the
information in your response to other breastfeeding advocates around the
United States and the world.

Sincerely,

Katie Allison Granju
University of Tennessee College of Law
Knoxville, TN USA

 On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Gloria Adutwum
wrote:

>      Thank you for your letter calling our attention to the Clairol
>      advertisement featuring Jane Seymour, our new Representative for the
>      Performing Arts.  As global advocates for the promotion of
>      breastfeeding, we agree that what has happened is most unfortunate.
>      Ms. Seymour is an ardent supporter of breastfeeding, having breastfed
>      all four of her children.  She is, of course, very distressed about
>      this incident.  UNICEF has spoken to Jane and to her Producer about
>      the idea of including positive messages on breastfeeding in the script
>      of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and both have reacted positively to this
>      suggestion.  We hope that the Producers will follow through on this
>      idea, thereby reaching millions of people all over the world to
>      promote the benefits of breastfeeding to a global audience.
>
>      Thank you, once again, for alerting us.
>