Over 60 million children at risk in “new generation” of crises GENEVA/ HONG KONG, 29 January 2015 – UNICEF is launching a US$3.1 billion appeal – its largest ever – to reach 62 million children at risk in humanitarian crises worldwide – a US$1 billion jump in funding needs since last year’s appeal. “From deadly […]
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Long way back to freedom: Child soldiers in South Sudan
After being forced to join an armed group in South Sudan, a boy escapes his life as a combatant, but finds that the freedom of his life before is still far off. BENTIU, South Sudan/ HONG KONG, 27 January 2015 – “The bullets were heavy. It was impossible to run. It was hard to use […]
Thousands of children to be gradually released from armed group in South Sudan
Some 280 children handed over to UNICEF today JUBA/ NAIROBI/ GENEVA/ NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 27 January 2015 – UNICEF and partners have secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from an armed group in South Sudan – one of the largest ever demobilizations of children. The first group of 280 children were released today, […]
Government of Somalia ratifies UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 20 January 2015 – As the world enters into the 26th year of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Somalia has become the 195th state party to ratify the Convention, setting a course to improve the lives of its youngest citizens. “By ratifying the Convention on the Rights of […]
UNICEF releases the 2014 Children in China: An Atlas of Social Indicators New data highlights how regional disparities and migration impact on children’s rights
BEIJING/ HONG KONG, 13 January 2015 – With its spectacular economic development, China is scoring well nationally on many social indicators for children and has already achieved many of the Millennium Development Goals. Yet striking geographical disparities, along with the impact of migration, continue to pose challenges to the survival, development and protection of millions […]
UNICEF HK ‘Little Artists Big Dreams Drawing Competition’ Chow Tai Fook Jewellery and nearly 2,000 little artists raised over HK$290,000 to support maternal and child health services in China deprived areas
Hong Kong, 11 January 2015 – The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF HK) held the ‘Little Artists Big Dreams Drawing Competition’ this afternoon to raise funds for the 22nd China Children’s Week (CCW). The event attracted nearly 2,000 children to portray their dreams for better world at Victoria Park and raise funds to support […]
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on escalating violence against children in northern Nigeria
NEW YORK/ HONG KONG, 11 January 2015 – “These images from Northern Nigeria should be searing the conscience of the world. “Some two thousand innocent children, women and elderly reportedly massacred in Baga. “Young girls sent to die with a bomb strapped to their chests in Maiduguri. “And lest we forget, more than two hundred […]