A special edition of UNICEF's annual State of the World's Children report, released 20 years after the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, shows that "fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to school - but an estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development," the
www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-21 13:55:26 HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world should learn from Cuba on the protection of children's rights. Jose Juan Ortiz, speaking at celebrations marking Universal...
On Wednesday 25 November 2009, a stunning five-metre wide Swarovski Crystal Snowflake will be illuminated over the streets of Knightsbridge. To celebrate, Swarovski and UNICEF are holding a festive evening at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
The Italian government must implement a concrete action plan to promote children's rights in the country, said Vincenzo Spadafora, President of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Italy, on Thursday. Friday marks the celebration of Universal Children's Day and the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. More than 150 events are planned worldwide. The Italian committee for...
Discrimination against female children is a serious problem around the world and it must be addressed by the international community, chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ann Veneman said Thursday. "This is the first and ultimate discrimination against the girlchild, when there is selective abortion by people in some countries because a boy child is favored over a girl child,"...
(TrendHunter.com) The images above are from this year’s UNICEF Snowflake lighting in New York City. The holiday season is the time to spend with loved ones, and it’s also the time where humanitarian organizations give us…
A special edition issue of UNICEF's flagship The State of the World's Children report, tracking the impact of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the challenges that remain, was released on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Convention's adoption by the UN General Assembly.
The UN children's fund UNICEF is urging stepped-up response to humanitarian crisis facing Somalia, saying it was running out for children in the Horn of Africa nation. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde F. Johnson who visited Somalia late last week said the number of people affected by hunger and severe food insecurity doubled in the last year to more than 3.6 million. UNICEF said in a statement...
UNITED NATIONS -- Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights, 1 billion children are still deprived of food, shelter or clean water, and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF announced last week.Ther ...
NEW DELHI: As the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child this week, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday acknowledged the measures taken by India to ensure that children can ...
United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) and Malaysia's Bar Council held a forum titled "Education for Every Child" here on Friday as it celebrated the 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Issues on education in Malaysia were widely deliberated in the two forum sessions and the working group discussions. UNICEF representative to MalaysiaYoussouf Oomar told reporters...
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) celebrated Friday as a day of double celebration as it celebrated 40 years of partnership with Nepal and 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). On the occasion, Nepali President Ram Baran Yadav felicitated and lauded the role played by UNICEF during four decades in Nepal. "When UNICEF first started working...
The "unspeakable violations" that happen almost everyday to children all across the globe need to be a thing of the past, chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ann Veneman said here on Friday. In her remarks on the occasion to mark the Universal Children's Day and the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the UN headquarters in New York, Veneman said:...
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