Top UN officials to Netanyahu: Help us ease civilian suffering
New York, US Reuters The heads of the United Nations World Food Programme and UN children’s agency UNICEF have privately appealed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for help “alleviating the suffering of countless civilians” in the Gaza Strip, West Bank and Lebanon, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. “Effective and meaningful […]
One in eight girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says
United Nations Reuters More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said on Wednesday. The number rises to 650 million, or one in five, when taking into account “non-contact” forms of sexual violence, […]
UNICEF chief warns Gaza kids face “post-generational challenges”
Washington DC, US Reuters After a year of military operations between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the head of UNICEF warned that children there will face “post-generational challenges” due to the conflict. “If you look at Gaza really through the eyes of a child, it is a hellscape,” UNICEF’s executive director Catherine Russell told CBS […]
UN warns Haiti’s capital blockaded, no aid for malnourished children
United Nations/Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid from getting to 58,000 children with the most life-threatening form of malnutrition, the head of the UN children’s agency warned on Monday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said two-thirds of Haiti’s children […]
Gaza “most dangerous place in the world to be a child” – UNICEF
Reuters The Gaza Strip is the “most dangerous place in the world to be a child,” the head of the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Wednesday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that more than 5,300 Palestinian children had reportedly been killed since 7th October – when Palestinian militants […]
UNICEF warns of food shortages at overcrowded Haiti camp
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian children face a severe lack of food, medical support and education, the head of the United Nation’s children’s agency UNICEF said in the capital Port-au-Prince this week, hours after heavy shooting rang out near a packed camp of displaced persons. Children have a meal at the New Church of God of […]
People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says
London, UK Reuters People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF. In 52 of the 55 countries surveyed, the public perception of vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021, the […]
US calls for UN to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women; Afghan cricket fans disappointed after Australia cancels over women’s rights
United Nations Reuters The United States on Friday pushed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said. The 15-member council met privately on Friday – at the request of the United […]
More than 11,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen since 2015 – UNICEF
Reuters More than 11,000 children have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Yemen since 2015, the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, a week after it launched a multi-billion global funding drive. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis have been escalating an economic war amid stalling UN-led efforts for a […]