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UNICEF calls for the protection of children trapped in west Mosul’s violence

Posted 30/06/2017

Thousands of children continue to be trapped in relentless violence in West Mosul’s Old Cit...

UN Committee reports on Australia’s performance on economic, social and cultural rights

Posted 29/06/2017

A United Nations Committee today announced its observations related to the Australian Government&...

Children continue to bear the brunt of multiple emergencies in Sudan

Posted 29/06/2017

Over the last few months, Sudan has faced multiple emergencies with the rapid spread of suspected...

UNICEF airlifts lifesaving supplies to Yemen to combat cholera as cases surpass 200,000

Posted 29/06/2017

Three UNICEF charter planes have delivered 36 tons of lifesaving medical and water purification s...

Children continue to face rapidly deteriorating situations in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria

Posted 27/06/2017

A staggering 1.4 million children across Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria are in immediate...

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200,000

Posted 26/06/2017

The rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has exceeded 200,000 suspected cases, increasing ...

UNICEF welcomes additional Commonwealth funding associated with Gonski 2.0

Posted 26/06/2017

UNICEF broadly welcomes the passage through parliament of legislation that delivers an additional...

Crisis ‘far from over’ as malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

Posted 23/06/2017

The welcome announcement of an end to famine conditions in South Sudan this week should not distr...

Nowhere To Go: Children in Iraq trapped in cycles of violence and poverty as conflict reaches unprecedented levels

Posted 22/06/2017

Three years since the intensification of violence in Iraq, children are trapped in an endles...

South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads

Posted 22/06/2017

Famine has eased in South Sudan after a significant scale up in the humanitarian response, accord...

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