Monthly Archives: June 2015

As Yemen crisis deteriorates, UNICEF says children at increasing risk of disease, hunger

As Yemen crisis deteriorates, UNICEF says children at increasing risk of disease, hunger
The ongoing conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on the country’s health system and has exposed millions of children to the threat of preventable diseases, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
As Yemen crisis deteriorates, UNICEF says children at increasing risk of disease, hunger
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN envoy welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina court ruling on sexual violence in conflict

UN envoy welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina court ruling on sexual violence in conflict
The Secretary-General&#39s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict today welcomed the decision by a Bosnian Herzegovinian court to secure conviction for and award compensatory damages to victims of war-time sexual violence, the United Nations confirmed today.
UN envoy welcomes Bosnia-Herzegovina court ruling on sexual violence in conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Afghanistan: UN official expresses deep concern after report reveals children bear brunt of conflict

Afghanistan: UN official expresses deep concern after report reveals children bear brunt of conflict
Last year saw more children killed or maimed in Afghanistan since monitoring of those statistics began in 2007, reflecting that “children are bearing the brunt of the conflict,” according to United Nations UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s latest report on children and armed conflict in that strife-torn country.
Afghanistan: UN official expresses deep concern after report reveals children bear brunt of conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Senior UN official urges States to ensure inviolability of schools in times of conflict

Senior UN official urges States to ensure inviolability of schools in times of conflict
Schools and universities must remain immune to the violence wrought by global conflicts, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, has affirmed as she urged Member States to commit to safeguarding places of learning from the ravages of war.
Senior UN official urges States to ensure inviolability of schools in times of conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Ban hails creation of International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict

Ban hails creation of International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s decision to establish 19 June as the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a spokesperson for the Organization announced today.
Ban hails creation of International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children

On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the world on the fifth International Widows’ Day “to assert the rights of those whose bereavement is followed by exclusion, abuse or the loss of homes, livelihoods and social standing.”
On International Day, UN reminds world of invisible plight of millions of widows and their children
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Millions of children will fall behind unless new UN development goals focus on most in need &#8211 UNICEF

Millions of children will fall behind unless new UN development goals focus on most in need &#8211 UNICEF
The global community will fail millions of children if it does not focus on the most disadvantaged, the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) warns in its final report on achievement of the child-related UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), emphasizing that &#8220we were not ambitious enough&#8221 to reach those with the greatest needs.
Millions of children will fall behind unless new UN development goals focus on most in need &#8211 UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Adopting resolution, UN creates International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict

Adopting resolution, UN creates International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict
In an effort to boost the global fight against the horrors faced by women and girls in zones of conflict worldwide, the United Nations General Assembly today approved by consensus a new resolution to commemorate 19 June as the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Adopting resolution, UN creates International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

FEATURE: Sold for a packet of cigarettes – UN envoy fights to help women suffering sexual violence in the Middle East

FEATURE: Sold for a packet of cigarettes – UN envoy fights to help women suffering sexual violence in the Middle East
A young man wants to smoke a cigarette but does not have the money to buy a pack.

“He has a slave girl, he goes and sells her to another man, and he gets enough money for a pack of cigarettes. That’s it. She is the value of a pack of cigarettes,” said Zainab Bangura, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
FEATURE: Sold for a packet of cigarettes – UN envoy fights to help women suffering sexual violence in the Middle East
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Protecting children in war zones is a moral imperative and legal obligation, Security Council told

Protecting children in war zones is a moral imperative and legal obligation, Security Council told
&#8220A moral imperative and a legal obligation,&#8221 protecting children should never be jeopardized by national interests, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, deploring that 2014 was one of the worst years in recent memory for children in countries affected by conflict.
Protecting children in war zones is a moral imperative and legal obligation, Security Council told
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population