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Latest news from the region

children and families in truck

News note

04 December 2019

UNICEF issues largest-ever emergency funding appeal to reach historic numbers of children in need

Statement

02 December 2019

Eight children reportedly killed in attacks on Tal Rifaat in rural Aleppo north of Syria

Statement

17 November 2019

Children’s rights progress in the Middle East and North Africa despite lasting inequality and conflict

Ted Chaiban talking to the press

In other news

17 November 2019

Remarks to the press, Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Media Advisory

14 November 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY : Invitation to a Press Conference

Media Advisory

11 November 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY : Invitation to a Press Conference

Press release

06 November 2019

Increase in child and adolescent mental disorders spurs new push for action by UNICEF and WHO

Statement

04 November 2019

Governments should repatriate foreign children stranded in Syria before it’s too late

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