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UNICEF urges UK to protect trafficked children by closing legal loophole

30 July 2003
Youngsters from a growing number of countries are being imported into the United Kingdom against their will as cheap labour, often ending up in prostitution, according to a new report published today by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

UN agencies call for “dramatic” scaling up of efforts to curb child mortality

27 June 2003
With 10 million children dying each year from largely preventable illnesses, two United Nations agencies today called on the international community to put child survival “back on the agenda” and regain lost momentum by dramatically scaling up nutritional and preventive measures.

UNICEF and partners launch campaign to combat child discrimination in Europe

16 June 2003
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners today launched a regional advocacy campaign to create an inclusive environment in which no children in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are left vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse.

On Day of African child, UNICEF calls for registration of every infant

16 June 2003
Marking the Day of the African Child today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on countries to register all youngsters at birth in order to ensure their right to a legal identity.

HIV/AIDS, adolescent health high on agenda of key UN child rights committee

13 January 2003
As a United Nations expert panel monitoring implementation of a key global treaty on children's rights began its 2003 session today, a senior UN official stressed the importance tackling thematic issues such as HIV/AIDS, adolescent health and the minimum age for criminal responsibility.
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New report by Annan names factions that recruit child soldiers

16 December 2002
Rebel and government forces in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Liberia and Somalia are among those named in a new report by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that lists conflict areas where children are used as soldiers.

Real Madrid football club teams up with UN labour agency to fight child employment

13 December 2002
Aiming to call attention to the worst forms of abusive child labour - a practice harming one out of every eight youngsters worldwide - the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced plans to host a match with the Real Madrid football club.

Youngsters need greater voice in decisions that affect them, UN Children's Fund says

11 December 2002
Children have a right to be heard in decisions that affect them, and giving young people a constructive role is essential to both their development and the creation of a more cohesive, peaceful world, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says in its annual report launched today in Mexico City.

UN expert on exploitation of children to meet officials and abuse survivors in France

22 November 2002
The United Nations human rights expert on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography will visit France next week at the invitation of the Government.

UNICEF calls for demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers

30 October 2002
With up to one quarter of the world’s estimated 300,000 child soldiers serving in the East Asia and Pacific region, the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today in Bangkok called for new and concerted efforts to demobilize and assist young conscripts.