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New York, Jan 23 (JEN): With brutality against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) reaching unprecedented levels as youngsters are maimed, killed and beheaded, and amid rampant sexual violence, the world community must use all the tools at its disposal to stop the conflict, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was warned today. more
UN to hear complaints of children rights violations

New York, Jan 15 (JEN): A new legal instrument allowing children or their representatives to file a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child is set to go into ...

South Sudan: Displaced students take exams at UN

New York, Jan 15 (JEN): The United Nations in South Sudan is assisting hundreds of students to complete their primary education this week by sitting for final exams that were disrupted when ...

UN seeks fund to save Syrian children

New York, Jan 8 (JEN): The United Nations and its humanitarian partners on Tuesday appealed for USD 1 billion to save millions of Syrian children from becoming a “lost generation,” doom ...

CAR: UNICEF urges action to prevent child deaths

New York, Dec 27 (JEN): The United Nations has voiced “extreme concern” that recent violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) will cause a sharp increase in children suffering seve ...

One in three children do not officially exist: UNICEF

New York, Dec 12 (JEN): Nearly 230 million children under the age of five have not had their births officially recorded, excluding them from education, health care and social security, the ...

Global pop superstar lends voice to UNICEF

New York, Dec 4 (JEN): Global pop superstar Katy Perry was appointed Tuesday by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) as its newest Goodwill Ambassador, with a special focus on enga ...

UN reports psychological distress of Syrian children

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan suffer from widespread psychological distress, with many of them living alone or separated from their parents, and most ...

DR Congo: UN urges action after reported killings of children

New York, Nov 28 (JEN): The United Nations Wednesday called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to take immediate action in light of alarming reports of disappearance and assassin ...

DR Congo: UN urges focus on protection of children

New York, Nov 27 (JEN): Former child soldiers and girls used as sex slaves in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) desperately wish to be reunited with their communities – to return ...