From across East Asia & Pacific

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Press release

15 October 2019
Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

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UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund

UN Children’s agency becomes first UN Organization to hold and make transactions in cryptocurrency

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

For every child, every right

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01 October 2019
UNICEF calls for the protection of children involved in Indonesia’s protests

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30 September 2019
Sulawesi earthquake one year on: Over 1 million children and parents reached

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An open letter to the world’s children

8 reasons why I’m worried, and hopeful, about the next generation - by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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Regional Headlines

A baby in Indonesia

Early moments matter

A child whose brain does not develop properly may not learn as well or earn as much. Not developing to her full potential hurts both her and society

Angeline Chong (centre), a student at the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Subang Jaya school, chats with friends in Malaysia

Adolescents’ potential unleashed

With over 60 per cent of the worlds’ youth living in the larger Asia Pacific region, supporting this age group is critical to unleashing their - and the region’s - potential

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Taronga, 16, holds her two-year-old sister Teaborenga while standing in a flooded area in the village in Kiribati

Growing up in safe & sustainable environments

Rapid urbanisation, burgeoning megacities and climate change are among the biggest challenges impacting the development of young people today