Landmine risks growing in Yemen

yemen-risksThey look like toys, but they are lethal. Landmines and unexploded ordnances are a plague for children in Yemen.

This year at least 12 children have died in accidents caused by landmines and unexploded ordnances (UXO)s, and almost 20 have suffered serious injuries.
As people displaced by conflict returnto their homes following a truce between the government and insurgents in the north, the risk of landmines are a terrible legacy awaiting young children, who make up 60 % of the displaced population.
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UNICEF Executive Director visits cholera-impacted residents at Haiti Treatment Centre

During a visit to the Haitian capital yesterday, Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, spoke with cholera patients and heard firsthand their concerns.
The visit took place at the GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) in an impoverished area of the city. Lake also met with His Eminence Bishop Pierre-Andre Dumas, Coordinator of ‘Religion for Peace’ an organization that is mobilizing Catholics, Protestant, and Voodoo religious communities throughout Haiti to support cholera prevention and healthcare practices.
Lake’s visit to Port-au-Prince was made in support of the UN community’s response to cholera, and Haitians themselves in their actions against the disease. The cholera epidemic, which emerged just two months ago, continues to spread throughout Haiti. It is now claiming lives in all 10 administrative departments.
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UNICEF Executive Director visits cholera-impacted residents at Haiti Treatment Centre

During a visit to the Haitian capital yesterday, Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, spoke with cholera patients and heard firsthand their concerns.
The visit took place at the GHESKIO Cholera Treatment Centre (CTC) in an impoverished area of the city. Lake also met with His Eminence Bishop Pierre-Andre Dumas, Coordinator of ‘Religion for Peace’ an organization that is mobilizing Catholics, Protestant, and Voodoo religious communities throughout Haiti to support cholera prevention and healthcare practices.
Lake’s visit to Port-au-Prince was made in support of the UN community’s response to cholera, and Haitians themselves in their actions against the disease. The cholera epidemic, which emerged just two months ago, continues to spread throughout Haiti. It is now claiming lives in all 10 administrative departments.
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Cholera challenges Haitian mothers and babies

mother-and-son-at-unicef-baby-tent-in-haitiIn the cramped and squalid conditions of the tented city in Mais Gate, a camp for Haitians displaced by the January earthquake, baby Sebastian brings a sparkle to his mother Lucienne's eyes.
At 8 months, dribbling from cutting teeth and tipping the scales at a whopping 24 lbs., Sebastian is alert, sitting up, clambering over his mother and almost standing on his own. He is the Brutus in the baby tent, an example to the young mothers of a well-nourished, breastfed baby.
Lucienne gives credit for Sebastian's good health and growth to the nurses at the tent—which is run by the non-governmental organization Concern and supported by UNICEF.
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Children’s rights events across Iraq conclude; several governorates agree to establish child rights committees

As Iraq marks International Human Rights day today, government officials, community leaders and thousands of children across Iraq’s 18 governorates have concluded nearly three weeks of events celebrating the 21st anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Building on nationwide events in 2010 where the highest level authorities and children representatives called for the full protection of children’s rights in Iraq, this year’s events focused on a call to establish Child Rights Committees in all 18 Governorates.
“For the second year in a row primary duty bearers of children in Iraq have heeded the call to protect the fundamental rights of Iraq’s 15 million children” noted Sikander Khan, UNICEF Representative in Iraq. “The commitment of several Governors to establish Child Rights Committees to review the situation of children’s rights and develop plans of action on how to meet the most urgent needs of children in their respective governorates, is a very positive step to start concretely making Iraq more fit for its children”.
In Provincial Council halls and school yards all over Iraq, children called for better protection of their rights through songs, plays, speeches and drawings. In front of the Head of Missan’s Human Rights Committee and other Governorate Council members, a member of Missan’s Children’s Parliament stated “we call on the government to pass legislations that guarantee that child rights are protected according to the 54 articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which will be for the good of all children". In response, Missan’s Human Rights Committee chief pledged to develop mechanisms to include children in the decision making process relating to Child Rights and to increase investments in children with the aim of accelerating the attainment of Millennium Development Goal targets in Missan.
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Crisis far from over for Pakistan’s children

pakistan-floodMore than four months after the worst floods in the country’s history, UNICEF warns that winter will worsen the threats against Pakistani children who already suffer high rates of acute respiratory infections and malnutrition.
New polio cases are spreading rapidly with 126 this year compared to 89 in 2009 – an enormous cause for concern especially as Pakistan had made significant strides towards eradicating polio.
Pakistan is one of the four polio endemic countries in the world and low ongoing coverage in areas experiencing difficult security in the north, overcrowding and poor sanitation as a result of the floods have exacerbated the threat for children.
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Rich countries letting poorest children fall, says new report

poorest-falling-childrenA landmark report by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre has found that children in many wealthy European nations and the United States suffer greater inequality than children in numerous industrialized nations.

The report looks at a particular aspect of disparity – bottom-end inequality – and asks how far behind are rich nations allowing their most disadvantaged children to fall.

Italy, the United States, Greece, Belgium and the United Kingdom, for example, are seen to be allowing their most vulnerable children to fall much further behind than countries like Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The report argues that the consequences of ‘falling behind’ are enormous for children, as they are for the economy and societies.

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