Monthly Archives: April 2016

UN reports tenfold increase in number of children used in &#39suicide&#39 attacks in Nigeria regional conflict
The number of children involved in &#39suicide&#39 attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger has risen sharply over the past year, from 4 in 2014 to 44 in 2015, according to a United Nations Children&#39s Fund report released today.
UN reports tenfold increase in number of children used in &#39suicide&#39 attacks in Nigeria regional conflict
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

Data ‘essential’ to 2030 Agenda, UN Commission on Population and Development told
Addressing the opening of the 2016 session of the Commission on Population and Development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today underscored the importance of that body’s role in advancing the new global development agenda.
Data ‘essential’ to 2030 Agenda, UN Commission on Population and Development told
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency urges full hearings for refugee and migrant children stranded in Greece
With the process of returning refugees and migrants from the Greek islands to Turkey underway as part of a European Union-Turkey agreement, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is reminding States of their duty to care and protect all children and give them a full and fair hearing when deciding on their future.
UN agency urges full hearings for refugee and migrant children stranded in Greece
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population

UN agency launches school meals programme for Lebanese and Syrian children
A carton of milk or juice, locally-baked snacks and a piece of fruit are included in a school lunch that some children in Lebanon are receiving, as part of a meals programme launched by the United Nations food relief agency.
UN agency launches school meals programme for Lebanese and Syrian children
Source: UN News – Women, Children, and Population