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Child Rights

Children bearing brunt of ongoing political instability and violence in Burundi, UN warns

New York, July 4 (JEN): Children, some as young as four years old, are bearing the brunt of the prolonged instability and election-related violence in Burundi, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today, confirming reports of an additional three deaths of children over the last five days. more

Year of sustained violence across Iraq has hit children hardest, UN says

New York, July 1 (JEN) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesdaysaid that over the past year in Iraq, it has seen a 75 per cent increase in grave violations against children ...

As Yemen crisis deteriorates, UNICEF says children at increasing risk of disease, hunger

New York, July 1 (JEN): The ongoing conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on the country’s health system and has exposed millions of children to the threat of preventable diseas ...

On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children

New York, June 24 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the world on the fifth International Widows Day “to assert the rights of those whose bereavement is followed ...

Millions of children will fall behind unless new UN development goals focus on most in need – UNICEF

New York, June 24 (JEN) The global community will fail millions of children if it does not focus on the most disadvantaged, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns in its final rep ...

Millions of children will fall behind unless new UN development goals focus on most in need – UNICEF

New York, June 23 (JEN) The global community will fail millions of children if it does not focus on the most disadvantaged, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns in its final rep ...

Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan must stop: UNICEF chief

New York, Jun 19 (JEN): The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed “in the name of humanity and common decency” for a halt to the worsening violence against c ...

Protecting children in war zones is a legal obligation: Security Council

New York, Jun 19 (JEN): “A moral imperative and a legal obligation,” protecting children should never be jeopardized by national interests, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon s ...

A justice system that fails children ultimately fails society: UN rights expert

New York, Jun 19 (JEN): The treatment of children in judicial proceedings around the world, both civil and criminal, is not satisfactory and often “unacceptable,” the UN human rights exp ...

Thousands flee Syria for Turkey, escaping aggression between rival military forces – UN refugee agency

New York, Jun 17 (JEN): New fighting in northern Syria has forced 23,135 refugees – some 70 per cent of whom are women and children – to flee across the border into Turkey's Sanliurfa pr ...