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UNICEF demands ceasefire in Gaza to save lives

Published on: February 9, 2024
08:50

Ramallah, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for a ceasefire in Gaza to save lives and urged the parties in conflict to comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law.

UNICEF offers support for displaced Lebanese after Israeli aggression

Published on: February 1, 2024
09:39

Beirut, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) currently offers assistance to families displaced in Lebanon as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression against localities in the south of the country.

UNICEF supports response to fire at Rohingya refugee camp

Published on: January 11, 2024
15:30

United Nations, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday supported the response to a major fire in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, considered the largest refugee camp in the world.

UNICEF reports nearly 300 million in need of humanitarian assistance

Published on: January 9, 2024
17:54

Washington, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Across the globe, children and families are facing unprecedented humanitarian crises. Around 300 million people are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection as devastating earthquakes, climate-related disasters, disease outbreaks and new and surging conflicts have left tens of millions of children and their families reeling.

UNICEF warns of high risk of famine in Gaza

Published on: December 23, 2023
10:00

Ramallah, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) 335,000 children under the age of five living in the Gaza Strip are at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death as famine increases, UNICEF reported on saturday.

UNICEF warns of water crisis in Gaza due to Israeli aggression

Published on: December 20, 2023
08:34

Ramallah, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Access to sufficient drinking water is a matter of life or death, and children in the Gaza Strip barely have a drop to drink, warned UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell.

UNICEF says, “Gaza is the most dangerous place for children”

Published on: December 2, 2023
09:37

Ramallah, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Gaza Strip is currently the most dangerous world place for children, Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund –UNICEF- denounced on Saturday.

Belize and UNICEF join forces to child protection issue

Published on: November 29, 2023
16:16

Belmopan, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Belize´s Sustainable Development Ministry and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement to collaborate in the protection of children and mothers vulnerable to climate change.

UNICEF calls for more aid for devastated Gaza Strip

Published on: November 28, 2023
10:08

Ramallah, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that the aid entering the Gaza Strip is insufficient to face the severe humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli air strikes.

Significance of Convention on Rights of the Child underscored in Cuba

Published on: November 20, 2023
13:51

Havana, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National People's Power Assembly of Cuba (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, underscored the significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as it is celebrating its 34th anniversary on Monday.

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