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Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns

New York, Feb 10 (JEN): Following reports that dozens of children have been killed in violence this week alone in Syria, a senior United Nations official on Friday stressed the need for unconditional evacuations of sick and wounded children from East Ghouta and other sieged areas. more

‘Enough is enough;’ world cannot become numb to killing of children, says top UNICEF official in Syria

New York, Jan 27 (JEN): With families in Syria’s besieged northern town of Afrin on the run or hiding in basements to escape intense shelling, the head of the United Nations C ...

Syria: UNICEF warns 40,000 children in the line of fire in Raqqa

New York, June 10(Just Earth News): An estimated 40,000 children are trapped in extremely dangerous conditions in Raqqa as fighting intensifies in and around the Syrian city, the United Nati ...

Young Syrian refugees don't want pity; respect their rights and empower them – UNICEF Advocate

New York, Apr 29 (Just Earth News): Concluding a visit to Syrian refugee camps in Jordan where he met with young people displaced from their homes, an advocate for the United Nations Childre ...

Syria: UNICEF calls for unimpeded aid access to children in besieged Deir Ez Zor

New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called for unimpeded and unconditional access to children in the besieged city of Deir Ez Zor, notin ...

In war-torn Syria, three million children out of school or at risk of dropping out – UNICEF

New York, Oct 24 (Just Earth News): With the start of the school year and the number of school attacks exceeding 4,000 in war-ravaged Syria, more than 1.7 million children there remain out o ...

UN human rights panel condemns civilian attacks in Syria; calls for accountability

New York, May 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Strongly condemning recent attacks on civilians, hospitals and clinics, and camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Syria, a United Nations- ...

Syria: Envoy says UN ready to support Vienna talks for political solution to conflict

New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Seeking to maintain momentum for renewed diplomacy towards a political settlement of the conflict in Syria, the United Nations Special Envoy on the c ...

Syria: UN human rights advisers alarmed at rise of incitement to religious violence

New York, Oct 14 (JEN): Senior United Nations human rights officials on Tuesday expressed their alarm at the rise in violent rhetoric by influential religious leaders – including calls for ...

Syria: UN cites utter desperation behind ‘tsunami’ of refugees into Europe

New York, Sept 26 (JEN) Despair at appalling living conditions among the 4 million Syrians who have already fled to neighbouring countries is fuelling the current flood of refugees to Europ ...