08/12/2021
(UN News)* — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday [7 December 2021] launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue to rise. Close to 24,000 grave violations against youngsters were confirmed last year, or 72 violations a day, according to the agency, in its largest ever appeal for funding.
© UNICEF/Fauzan Ijazah | A girl reads a book in front of her house in Papua, one of Indonesia’s poorest provinces.
The appeal is 31 per cent larger than last year’s campaign, as humanitarian needs continue to grow globally, exacerbated by conflict, the climate crisis and now the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Millions of children around the world are suffering from the impacts of conflict, extreme weather events and the climate crisis,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore.
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08/12/2021
(UN News)* — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said on Tuesday [7 December 2021] that the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has become “disastrous”, with severe infringements occurring effecting some four million people.
© UNRWA/Hussein Jaber | A girl stands in front of her home in Khan Younis Palestine refugee camp in Gaza.
“This clearly also has damaging impact on prospects for peace and sustainable development for Israel, as well as the surrounding region”, she argued.
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