Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades
UNICEF calls for urgent response as homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure have sustained severe damage.
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At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire
The resurgence of relentless and indiscriminate bombardments, combined with the complete block on supplies entering the Gaza Strip for more than three weeks, has put the humanitarian response under severe strain and Gaza’s civilians – especially its one million children – at grave risk.
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing.
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This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Since January, more than one million people – including an estimated 400,000 children – have been displaced by violence in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
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