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Childhood Destroyed For Millions Of Children
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 10:15 am | UNICEF
UNICEF SAYS CRUCIAL YEARS OF CHILDHOOD DESTROYED FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE BY POVERTY, CONFLICT AND AIDS More >>
Iraq’s Schools Suffering From Neglect and War
Monday, 18 October 2004, 9:40 am | UNICEF
UNICEF-Supported Survey Finds Enrolment Is Up But Facilities Not Keeping Pace; One-Quarter of Schools Need Major Repairs More >>
Baghdad Bombing Anniversary Sees UNICEF Recommit
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 10:39 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK/GENEVA/AMMAN – One year after the tragic loss of UN staff, including a UNICEF staff member, in the bombing of the UN Headquarters in Baghdad UNICEF today said it was committed to carrying out its humanitarian mission in Iraq. More >>
Iraq: Girls Face Kidnapp Threat But Get To School
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 10:37 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK/BAGHDAD – In the last year, hundreds of children have been killed in Iraq and thousands more injured. Continued fighting and landmines pose a daily danger, made worse by lawlessness in parts of the country. More >>
Strong Women For Strong Women Campaign Overview
Friday, 23 July 2004, 2:40 pm | UNICEF
This three year campaign will highlight three issues of critical importance to girl children: Child Protection (from abuse, labour, trafficking, genital mutilation), Education and HIV/AIDS. The campaign will deal with these issues as they affect girl ... More >>
Kano State rejoins polio eradication campaign
Thursday, 22 July 2004, 9:53 am | UNICEF
Abuja, Nigeria - UNICEF and its partners congratulate the Kano State Government for making a decision in the best interest of Nigerian children. More >>
UNICEF Director Speaks Of Conditions In Dafur
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 11:39 am | UNICEF
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy on the conclusion of her visit to the Darfur Region More >>
UNICEF calls for the protection of Rafah children
Thursday, 20 May 2004, 5:09 pm | UNICEF
JERUSALEM, 19 May 2004 – UNICEF said today it is deeply concerned about the impact on children of the ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip, particularly a missile strike Wednesday that claimed the lives of at least 10 Palestinians, many of them ... More >>
Violence-Racked Southern Thailand Gets Aid
Wednesday, 5 May 2004, 9:53 am | UNICEF
With 30 schools destroyed and 5,000 students affected by violence in southern Thailand since the beginning of this year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is sending school supplies to three provinces where confrontations between law enforcement ... More >>
UNICEF Condemns Killing of Children in Iraq
Thursday, 22 April 2004, 11:50 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK -- Responding to the deaths Wednesday of children on a school bus in Basra, UNICEF said it is alarmed by the growing impact of the ongoing fighting on Iraqi children. More >>
UNICEF: High Proportion Of Girls Denied Education
Wednesday, 21 April 2004, 10:05 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 20 April 2004 – During the Global Campaign for Education’s Action Week, UNICEF is calling for increased attention to the disproportionate number of girls who are denied their right to an education. Of the 121 million children out of school, ... More >>
AIDS drug cost to fall under Clinton brokered deal
Tuesday, 6 April 2004, 11:19 am | UNICEF
New agreements aim to make lowest-priced AIDS drugs and diagnostics available to hundreds of thousands of patients throughout the developing world More >>
UNICEF mourns death of Sir Peter Ustinov
Tuesday, 30 March 2004, 10:12 am | UNICEF
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 29 March 2004 – UNICEF today mourned the death of the actor and writer Sir Peter Ustinov, who died early Monday in Switzerland at the age of 82. Sir Peter was a uniquely effective and beloved UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for more ... More >>
Dirty water kills over 5000 children every day
Monday, 22 March 2004, 10:48 am | UNICEF
NEW YORK, 19 March 2004 – Diarrhoeal diseases claim the lives of around two million children each year- 5,000 per day, and cause countless more to fall ill. Children already suffering from poor diets and the ravages of other diseases are the first ... More >>
Bellamy Sees Improvements for Children in DPRK
Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 12:09 am | UNICEF
SEOUL -- Despite international isolation and a political impasse with the West, efforts to save and improve the lives of North Korean children are working, the head of UNICEF said today, citing vastly improved immunization rates and better systems for finding ... More >>
UNICEF Welcomes Ikea Donation
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 11:58 am | UNICEF
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is hailing the Swedish furniture retail chain Ikea for donating more than $800,000 to sponsor its "Children's Right to Play" programmes in Angola and Uganda. More >>
Confirmation Of A New Polio Case In Côte D'ivoire
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 10:57 am | UNICEF
GENEVA/NEW YORK, -- Côte d'Ivoire, polio-free for the last four years, has reported a polio case - and investigations are ongoing to confirm that the virus was imported from Nigeria. If confirmed, Côte d'Ivoire will be the eighth African country to report ... More >>
Indigenous children face greater survival threats
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 9:31 am | UNICEF
MADRID, 25 February 2004 – Indigenous children are among the most vulnerable and marginalized groups in the world and global action is urgently needed to protect their survival and their rights, says a new report from UNICEF Innocenti Research ... More >>
UNICEF calls for halt to Darfur fighting
Monday, 23 February 2004, 11:12 am | UNICEF
UNICEF said today that attacks on civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan are threatening the lives of the hundreds of thousands of children who have fled their homes. More >>
West Africa mobilizes final assault against polio
Monday, 23 February 2004, 11:11 am | UNICEF
63 million children to be immunized across 10 countries as Nigerian outbreak threatens African success story. More >>
