Monthly Archives: September 2015

‘Simple act of playing represents grave danger for children in Syria’ – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has condemned in the strongest terms mortar attacks on civilian areas of Aleppo, Syria, which reportedly killed at least 19 children yesterday, including six in a UNICEF-supported child friendly space.
‘Simple act of playing represents grave danger for children in Syria’ – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Millions of children in Syria deprived of education, says UNICEF
As children around the world return to school, there are more than two million in Syria who will not be able to join them, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) cautioned today, adding that another 400,000 are at risk of dropping out of school as a direct result of conflict, violence and displacement.
Millions of children in Syria deprived of education, says UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UNICEF advocate David Beckham issues call to end violence against children
David Beckham, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is championing a letter signed by 18 child survivors of violence that calls on world leaders to end the widespread abuse affecting millions of children around the world.
UNICEF advocate David Beckham issues call to end violence against children
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990 but efforts must be redoubled – UN report
Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, but it is not enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of a two-thirds reduction over the past 15 years, according to a new report released today by a number of United Nations agencies.
Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990 but efforts must be redoubled – UN report
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Some 3,000 asylum-seekers now pass through former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia daily – UNICEF
The number of “exhausted and desperate” women and children making their way from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq through the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia seeking refuge in Europe has tripled in the past three months, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today.
Some 3,000 asylum-seekers now pass through former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia daily – UNICEF
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population