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United States ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft said Iran is a “bad actor” and stressed that the “maximum pressure campaign” against it must continue, adding that there are “other tools” the US would use against Iran if they continue their “malicious behavior” in the Middle East. UNIFEED

In 2018, over 140,000 people, mainly children, died from measles globally according to new World Health Organization (WHO) and United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. UNICEF and partners are conducting measles vaccination campaigns in the hardest-hit areas as well as providing medical supplies for treatment. UNICEF

Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC). These deaths occurred as measles cases surged globally, amidst devastating outbreaks in all regions. WHO

UNICEF released its US$ 4.2 billion 2020 emergency appeal to reach 59 million children with life-saving support in 64 countries across the globe. It is its biggest ask of donors yet, representing 3.5 times the funds requested in 2010. UNICEF

United Nations Victims’ Rights Advocate, Jane Connors visited three local hospitals in Goma as part as her activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). MONUSCO

In South Sudan’s Western Equatorial town of Yambio, children marched, danced and performed drama skits and poems as they demanded better protection of their rights on the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNMISS

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah has concluded a visit to his native Sierra Leone on the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Ishmael, a former Sierra Leonean child soldier and best-selling author, traveled to Bombali and Tonkolili Districts in northern Sierra Leone, where he met with child survivors of sexual abuse, children in contact with the law and orphaned children. UNICEF

The United Nations Humanitarian Resident Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudehou said the humanitarian situation in the country “remains very serious,” and it is anticipated that in 2020 there will be 7.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. UNIFEED

Escalating violence continues to displace more families in Idlib governorate, in northwest Syria. Many of them are seeking refuge in informal settlements close to the border with Turkey where children are helping their families build shelters to protect themselves from the winter cold. UNICEF

Violence in Syria continues to kill and maim civilians with reports that missiles fired into settlements for people fleeing conflict in the country’s northwest on Wednesday night, killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more, including children, UN humanitarians said today. UNTV CH