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Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

IFRC, UNICEF and USAID unite efforts to strengthen capacity for emergency preparedness and response in Central Asia

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Mine Victim Assistance Needs

Assesment Report

On 21 September 2018 in Ukraine, Sasha Shapovalenko, 9, at home in Bakhmutka in the Donetsk Region.

Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence – UNICEF

On 26 January 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, children and families are huddled together after being forced to flee their homes in nearby towns and villages, with their few belongings in Baghoz village in Hajin district in eastern rural Deir-ez-Zor before they embark on a long and ardous journey to safety at Al-Hol camp, almost 300km to the north.

2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

Sonia, 14 remembers the teachers helping to her calm down.

UNICEF seeks $3.6 billion in emergency assistance for 48 million children caught up in catastrophic humanitarian crises

117 million people living through conflict and disaster lack access to safe water. 84 per cent of appeal for children in countries affected by violence and conflict.

Four-year-old Mahmud from Syria sits enjoying a lovely sunny day in front of a UNICEF child-friendly space in Serbia

UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2018

Read about UNICEF's humanitarian action plan to help children around the world in 2018

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