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New York: The UN launched a $1.3 billion appeal on Thursday to help six million people severely affected by conflict, disease, and disaster in northeast Nigeria. more
3 Afghanistan nationals died in Pakistani prisons in recent months: Reports

Kabul: The Afghanistan Consulate in Karachi has said over 1,000 Afghan refugees, including women and children, are currently present in prisons in Pakistan.

High Commissioner reports sharp decline in respect for children’s rights

New York: Children’s rights must remain a priority and their voices should be heard and listened to, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Monday in Geneva. ...

Somalia: UNICEF warns of unprecedented child deaths

New York: Thousands of severely malnourished boys and girls in Somalia are at risk of dying, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday, urging donors to step up support amid ...

Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid

New York: The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian i ...

Ireland: Rights experts call for redress for 50 years of systemic racism in childcare institutions

New York: UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday called on Irish authorities to provide adequate redress for victims of racial discrimination and system racism in Irish c ...

Myanmar: Guterres strongly condemns army attacks which left 11 children dead

New York: The UN chief on Tuesday strongly condemned attacks by Government troops in Myanmar on a northern rebel stronghold which targeted a school, leaving at least 13 dead, including 11 ...

Afghanistan: UN repeats call for Taliban to allow girls full access to school

New York: Marking one year since Afghanistan’s de facto rulers decreed that girls should be excluded from high school, UN chief António Guterres has urged the Taliban to &ldq ...

Whole generation of Syrian children ‘might be lost’, senior humanitarian warns Security Council

New York: “Irreversible damage” is being caused to the lives of Syrian civilians due to chronic under-funding of the international effort said the UN’s Assistant Secreta ...

Sri Lanka: Devastating crisis for children, a ‘cautionary tale’ for South Asia

New York: Staple foods have become unaffordable, warned UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei on Friday, who pointed out that severe malnutrition in crisis-wracked ...