"RIGHTS OF THE CHILD"

Amid threat of catastrophic global famine, COVID-19 response must prioritize food security, humanitarian needs, experts tell General Assembly.

Following the presentation of her report to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, said, “the protection and promotion of human rights are being undermined by the application of counter-terrorism norms and counter-terrorism practice on the ground.” UNIFEED

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern about increase in attacks on schools, underlines education’s contribution to peace.

Urgent action is needed to stop female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other harmful practices to which millions of women and girls are subjected to every year, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) State of World Population report for 2020. UNTV CH

Grave violations against children still unacceptably high despite unprecedented number of action plans for better protection, experts tells Security Council.

It is now more urgent than ever to end the violence in Syria and to improve access across the country, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore and World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley said today. Wrapping up a two-day visit to the country, the two agency chiefs also stressed the need to provide families with basic services and to improve their economic conditions. UNICEF

Following the release of a landmark report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet on children’s health, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “The health of children everywhere is at risk. We can do more, and we must do more. Our children, our young people, deserve better.” WHO

No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their futures, finds a landmark report released today by a Commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet. UNICEF

Marking the International Day of Education, the President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, said, “it is unacceptable that twenty years into the 21st Century, about 258 million children and youth do not attend school, 617 million children and adolescents cannot read and do basic math and millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, and people with disabilities are out of school.” UNIFEED

Children continue to pay a deadly price as conflicts rage around the world, UNICEF said today. Since the start of the decade, the United Nations has verified more than 170,000 grave violations against children in conflict – the equivalent of more than 45 violations every day for the last 10 years. UNICEF