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UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore remarks at the launch of the State of the World’s Children Report

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15/10/2019

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Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children in northeast Syria

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson Marixie Mercado – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

15/10/2019

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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

Poverty, urbanization, climate change and poor eating choices driving unhealthy diets

15/10/2019

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

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

14/10/2019

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1 in 4 young women in Latin America and the Caribbean is in union or married before age 18

The region will reach the second highest rates in the world in 2030 if the situation is not reversed

11/10/2019

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Update on the situation of children in northeast Syria

11/10/2019

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Vaccination campaign against cholera kicks off in Sudan

Joint statement by the Sudan Federal Ministry of Health, WHO and UNICEF

11/10/2019

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Geneva Palais briefing note on children in Burkina Faso

11/10/2019

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Clé de Peau Beauté announces multi-year global partnership with UNICEF

Partnership will empower girls around the world to claim their rights, advance their education, and unlock their boundless potential

10/10/2019

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Batonga Foundation, TOMS and UNICEF partner to give girls in Benin new shoes

10/10/2019

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the latest developments in Syria

10/10/2019

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As measles deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo top 4,000, UNICEF rushes medical kits to health centers and vaccinates thousands more children

09/10/2019

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