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UNICEF raises eyebrows with praise for Saudi ‘humanitarian’ role in Yemen

Oct 07, 2020 08:56

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has in a controversial move praised what it called Saudi Arabia’s “humanitarian” role in Yemen, closing its eyes to years of atrocities committed by Riyadh and its allies against the civilian population there, leaving a large number of children dead, maimed and malnourished.
Iran, UNICEF to launch scheme to contain coronavirus

Jul 05, 2020 02:16

Iran’s Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare is going to launch a joint cooperation program with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in preventing and treating the novel coronavirus disease.
2.4 million children in Yemen could go malnourished amid pandemic: UNICEF

Jun 26, 2020 11:29

The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, has warned that the shortage of humanitarian assistance amid the coronavirus pandemic threatens to push more children in Yemen to the brink of starvation.
One out of three young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF

Oct 15, 2019 09:36

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released Tuesday.
2018 deadliest year for children in Syria: UNICEF

Mar 12, 2019 09:01

The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) says more than 1,100 Syrian children were killed in 2018, making it the deadliest year since 2011, when foreign-sponsored terrorism began in the West Asian country.
Saudi war damages education sector in Yemen: UNICEF

Mar 11, 2019 04:27

The United Nations children's agency estimates that out of seven million school-aged children in Yemen over two million are not being educated amid a Saudi-led coalition’s war against the impoverished Arab state.
UNICEF condemns latest Saudi-led airstrike on Yemeni children

Aug 25, 2018 02:51

The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has denounced a recent Saudi deadly airstrike in Yemen’s Hudaydah province that killed over two dozen children.
UNICEF warns of 'lost generation' of Rohingya children

Aug 23, 2018 09:16

The United Nations says hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim children lack proper education both in Myanmar and border camps in Bangladesh, warning that the Myanmarese kids could become “a lost generation.”
About 83 killed in 'war on children' across Mideast in past month, says UNICEF

Feb 05, 2018 15:44

The UN children's agency (UNICEF) says at least 83 children were killed in Middle East war zones in January.
Youngsters in countries with conflict 3 times more illiterate: UNICEF

Feb 01, 2018 10:07

Nearly 30 percent of young people between the ages of 15 and 24 in countries affected by conflict and disaster are illiterate, triple the global rate, the UN children's agency said Wednesday.