Ukraine: 750,000 children at risk of losing access to safe drinking water, warns UN
Jun 17, 2017, at 01:38 pm
New York, June 17(Just Earth News): With the recent escalation of hostilities damaging vital water infrastructure in eastern Ukraine, at least 750,000 children are at imminent risk of being cut off from safe drinking water, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
One in five children in rich countries lives in poverty, UNICEF 'wake-up call' report shows
Jun 16, 2017, at 01:35 pm
New York, June 16(Just Earth News): One in five children in high-income countries lives in relative income poverty, and an average of one in eight faces food insecurity, according to a new report released on Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Myanmar: UN expert urges Government to do more to protect rights of all children
Jun 16, 2017, at 01:31 pm
New York, June 16(Just Earth News): A United Nations human rights expert on Thursday urged the Government of Myanmar to do more to protect children in the country, citing cases of detention and alleged incidents of child labour and marriage.
Yemen's children 'have suffered enough;' UNICEF official warns of cholera rise, malnutrition
Jun 09, 2017, at 01:24 pm
New York, June 9(Just Earth News): The situation facing children in Yemen is “extremely dire,†a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned on Thursday, citing a dramatic increase in cases of malnutrition and a massive outbreak of cholera across the war-torn country.
One in four children in North Africa, Middle East live in poverty – UNICEF study
May 17, 2017, at 01:45 pm
New York, May 17(Just Earth News): Poverty continues to impact the lives of Middle Eastern and Northern African children, according to new analysis from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which highlights that millions of the region’s young people live without quality health care or decent housing.
Somalia: UN launches lifesaving vaccination campaign for children facing measles threat
Apr 26, 2017, at 05:44 am
New York, Apr 26 (Just Earth News): Almost 30,000 young Somali children, many of them displaced by a searing drought, are being vaccinated against measles this week in a United Nations-backed emergency campaign in one of the country’s hardest-hit towns.
UN expert body urges accountability for attacks against children in crisis-torn Syria
Apr 21, 2017, at 12:51 pm
New York, Apr 21(Just Earth News): In the wake of the recent attack on an evacuation convoy near Aleppo, Syria, and the purported use of chemical weapons in southern Idlib, the United Nations child rights body on Thursday called for investigations into all attacks on children in the country and for bringing the perpetrators to justice.
Children in east Ukraine need urgent care to overcome trauma of conflict – UNICEF
Apr 08, 2017, at 05:19 am
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): More than 200,000 children, or one in four, in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial support to address their traumatic experiences, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Iraq a country of hope amid debris of war, says UNICEF chief wrapping up visit
Mar 24, 2017, at 08:01 am
New York, Mar 24 (Just Earth News): Children have the power to bring Iraq out of conflicts and into a peaceful future, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said.
Toll on refugee and migrant children continues to mount one year after EU-Turkey deal – UNICEF
Mar 18, 2017, at 01:59 pm
New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday that one year after the Balkan border closures and the European Union-Turkey Statement, which were aimed at stopping mass migration flows, refugee and migrant children face greater risks of deportation, detention, exploitation and deprivation.
EU-UN cash transfer plan for education aims to reach 230,000 refugee children in Turkey
Mar 18, 2017, at 05:40 am
New York, Mar 18 (Just Earth News): The European Union and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have launched a large-scale cash transfer project to increase the number of refugee children attending school in Turkey.
UN envoy urges protection of children as key to peace-making and conflict prevention
Mar 08, 2017, at 01:03 pm
New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): The rights of children must also be a cornerstone of conflict prevention, peace-making and peace building efforts, the United Nations focal point on children in armed conflict on Tuesday told the UN Human Rights Council, expressing deep concern at the scale and severity of grave violations committed against children in the past year.
Syria: UNICEF calls for unimpeded aid access to children in besieged Deir Ez Zor
Jan 24, 2017, at 05:26 am
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, noting that they have not received regular humanitarian aid for more than two years.
Backlogs and brutal weather put refugee and migrant children at risk in Europe – UNICEF
Jan 21, 2017, at 01:36 pm
New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): As the extreme cold weather and storms continue to sweep Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee and migrant children are threatened by respiratory and other serious illnesses, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.
UN-backed campaign to help vaccinate millions of children against measles in north-east Nigeria
Jan 13, 2017, at 01:53 pm
New York, Jan 13 (Just Earth News): A United Nations-supported mass vaccination campaign is set to start on Fridayto protect more than 4.7 million children against a measles outbreak in conflict-affected states in north-eastern Nigeria.
Thousands of Afghan children dying of hunger amid ‘unprecedented’ displacement – UN
Jan 10, 2017, at 01:49 pm
New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): Despite attempts to increase food aid in Afghanistan, children bear the brunt of the country’s nutritional crisis, the United Nations humanitarian arm on Monday reported, warning that the ongoing fighting has also led to record number of children at risk of abuse and exploitation.
Nearly 535 million children living in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF
Dec 10, 2016, at 05:19 am
New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): As the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of its work for the world's most vulnerable children, the agency on Friday issued a stark warning that despite significant progress, too many children are still being left behind, with nearly 535 million of them living in harsh conditions, lacking access to decent health, education and protection services.
'No safe place left' for children in war-ravaged Aleppo, says senior UNICEF official
Dec 08, 2016, at 01:21 pm
New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): Returning from a mission to Aleppo, a senior United Nations Children's Agency (UNICEF) official in Syria described “haunting images†of children killed by mortars and malnourishment, and said that the terrible situation “continues to plummet to even greater lows.â€
On International Day, UN spotlights need to combat forced labour, particularly of children
Dec 03, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News): Noting that the number of children engaged in the worst forms of child labour has decreased and frameworks to tackle contemporary slavery and trafficking have expanded, senior United Nations officials, including the Secretary-General and the head of the UN labour agency, on Friday called for concerted action to save those who remain trapped in extreme exploitation, abuse and violence, including sexual and gender-based violence.
Nov 11, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): Film star Liam Neeson has said that he was impressed by the strength and spark of the Syrian children after visiting the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan as part of his advocacy work as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador.
Pregnant women, children among the victims in latest Mediterranean tragedy – UNICEF
Nov 05, 2016, at 04:40 am
New York, Nov 4 (Just Earth News): A number of children and pregnant women were among the 240 people reported to have drowned off the coast of Libya while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea this week, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
‘Bunker-buster’ bombs in eastern Aleppo mean children not even safe underground, UN experts warn
Oct 04, 2016, at 01:45 pm
New York, Oct 4(Just Earth News): The killing and maiming of children in eastern Aleppo by the Syrian Government and its allies is not only a brutal abdication of international human rights obligations, it will have a long-lasting impact on the young victims for generations to come, United Nations child rights experts warned on Monday.
UNICEF more than doubles funding appeal for children in north-east Nigeria
Sep 30, 2016, at 04:33 am
New York, Sept 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revised its humanitarian appeal for Nigeria from $55 million to $115 million in order to be able to assist an additional 750,000 people who can now be reached across conflict-affected areas in the north-east of the country.
UNICEF deeply concerned about impact of unrest in southern Thai provinces on children
Sep 07, 2016, at 12:57 pm
New York, Sept 7 (Just Earth News): The top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official in Thailand has expressed deep concerns over the continuing violence in the country’s restive southernmost provinces and its impact on children, including an explosion that killed a four-year-old girl and her father on Tuesday.
Lake Chad Basin: Boko Haram-induced crisis is ‘children’s crisis,’ UNICEF warns
Aug 26, 2016, at 04:30 am
New York, Aug 25 (Just Earth News): Years of violence by Boko Haram in Africa’s Lake Chad basin, which includes Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, have led to a worsening humanitarian crisis that has displaced 1.4 million children and left at least one million still trapped in hard-to-reach areas, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report released on Thursday.
UN rights office shocked by inhumane treatment of children in Australian detention centre
Jul 30, 2016, at 03:04 pm
New York, July 30 (Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights office said on Fridayit is shocked by video footage that has emerged from Don Dale youth detention centre in the Northern Territory in Australia, showing children as young as 10 years old – many of whom are Aboriginal children – being held in inhumane conditions and treated cruelly.
Jul 09, 2016, at 04:32 am
New York, July 8 (Just Earth News): While the 2015-2016 El Niño – one of the strongest on record – has ended, its devastating impact on children is worsening, as hunger, malnutrition and disease continue to increase following the severe droughts and floods spawned by the event, a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Friday.
Two years on, Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children - UNICEF
Feb 20, 2016, at 02:36 pm
New York, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in the east of the country, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, highlighting that 200,000 of them – or one in three – need psychosocial support.
Films with on-screen smoking should carry warnings to protect children: WHO
Feb 02, 2016, at 02:14 pm
New York, Feb 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Noting that films showing on-screen smoking have enticed millions of young people around the world into tobacco addiction, the United Nations health agency on Monday called for them to be rated and display warnings to save children from subsequent disability and death.
UNICEF launches $2.8 billion humanitarian appeal for children
Jan 27, 2016, at 02:08 pm
New York, Jan 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesdayannounced the launch of a $2.8 billion appeal to reach 43 million children in humanitarian emergencies worldwide, with for the first time ever the largest portion of the appeal – 25 per cent – going towards their education.