"UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF"

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said another shameful milestone has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015. UNTV CH

Crisis in Yemen worsening, as fighting near Ma’rib, crippling fuel shortages amplify humanitarian needs, United Nations experts warn Security Council.

Since the beginning of the year, more than 550,000 Afghans have been internally displaced as a result of conflict and insecurity. While civilians have so far only fled sporadically in fewer numbers to countries neighbouring Afghanistan, the situation continues to evolve rapidly. UNHCR

UNICEF has been in Afghanistan for 65 years and “we are not leaving,” the agency said on Wednesday, while the WFP warned of “a humanitarian crisis of incredible portions” unfolding in the country and the UNHCR reported that 80 percent of displaced Afghans are women and children, in need for shelter, health care, sanitation, and other core relief items. UNIFEED

On Sunday (08 Aug), 108,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine arrived in Somalia. The vaccines were donated by the Government of France through the COVAX Facility, a partnership between the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO), in continued efforts to protect Somalia’s population from COVID-19. UNSOM

“Education, safety, friends and food have been replaced by anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy,” the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Tuesday. UNTV CH

There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said Monday (12 Jul) – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic’s impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around a tenth of the global population – up to 811 million people – were undernourished last year. FAO

A record 4.5 million children in South Sudan – two out of three – are in desperate need of humanitarian support, UNICEF warned today, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the country’s independence on July 9. UNTV CH

Presenting his report on children and armed conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on the Security Council and all countries to “strongly support the protection of children in all ways at all times,” and stressed that there is “no place for children in conflict, and we must not allow conflict to trample on the rights of children.” UNIFEED

International community must not allow armed conflict to trample on children’s rights, Secretary-General tells Security Council.