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Yemen peace talks and Hudaydah ceasefire signal hope for country’s children

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

13/12/2018

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Two sick children from Rukban die in less than one week

Statement from Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

13/12/2018

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Half of Syria’s children have grown up only seeing violence as conflict nears eight-year mark: UNICEF

UNICEF Chief wraps up five-day visit to war-torn country, says reaching all children, wherever they are, and meeting their needs remains critical

13/12/2018

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15,000 children without parents or missing, five years after out-break of fighting in South Sudan

13/12/2018

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Nearly 30 million sick and premature newborns in dire need of treatment every year

Global coalition calls for better care and stronger legislation to save babies on the brink of death

13/12/2018

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Children account for more than one third of Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF

11/12/2018

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UNICEF statement on the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Statement from UNICEF Director of Data, Research and Policy Laurence Chandy

10/12/2018

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UNICEF's Innovation Fund announces first cohort of blockchain investments in emerging markets

10/12/2018

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Latest threat to displaced children in Iraq: winter

UNICEF racing against time to protect over 151,000 internally displaced children

10/12/2018

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Humanitarian assistance continues to prevent a massive human catastrophe in Yemen but it is not enough

UN agencies warn that an urgent scale up of humanitarian assistance is needed to save lives

07/12/2018

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Refugee and migrant children and youth report severe deprivations while on the move – UNICEF

UNICEF releases alarming data from poll of nearly 4,000 refugee and migrant children and youth ahead of Global Compact for Migration Summit in Marrakech

07/12/2018

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UNICEF spokespeople for Global Forum on Migration and Development and Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech

06/12/2018

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