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Photo: World Bank/Natalia Cieslik
World Bank/Natalia Cieslik

UN champions children as ‘fundamental building blocks,’ marking 25th anniversary of historic treaty

20 November 2014
As countries around the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations family today hailed the landmark treaty as a powerful human rights tool, while taking stock of the long-standing disparities that must be addressed to propel actions for the well-being of all children into the future.
A child with his mother.
UNICEF/Naser Siddique

UN spotlights children’s rights as world gears up to mark 25th anniversary of landmark treaty

19 November 2014
As the global human rights community readies to celebrate tomorrow the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations committee charged monitoring with its implementation highlighted the right of children to actively participate – and not just be heard – in discussions that affect their lives and communities.
Daniela Cojocaru (left) and Chiara Dimastromatteo, both 16, stand next to a graffiti-covered wall in Turin, Italy. Daniela is originally from Moldova. Chiara does not attend school and does not have a job.
UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi

Recession-hit rich countries suffer ‘great leap backwards’ in child poverty – UN

28 October 2014
Some 2.6 million children have sunk below the poverty line in the world’s most affluent countries since 2008, negatively impacted by the wave of recessions that rippled through their economies following the meltdown of blue chip financial intuitions, according to a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report out today.
Photo: UNICEF/AFGA2010-00325/Noorani
UNICEF/AFGA2010-00325/Noorani

UN experts urge real dialogue with children about their rights, decisions that affect them

23 September 2014
A group of United Nations independents experts today called on governments to make renewed efforts to ensure that children’s views are heard and taken into account.
Women and their babies outside the maternity ward of Kissidougou Hospital in the south-eastern Forestière Region of Guinea.
UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

UN reports one million children die on first day of life from mostly preventable causes

16 September 2014
While child survival rates have increased dramatically since 1990, one million babies each year do not see their second day of life, many succumbing to complications during labour and delivery that could be easily prevented with simple, cost effective interventions, according to a report released today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNICEF says children rights in south Asia have made strides but inequalities exist.
UNICEF

UNICEF: progress for children rights in south Asia, but inequalities exist

11 September 2014
Despite rapid economic growth and huge progress in realizing the rights of children, young people in South Asia are paying a heavy price, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today, noting that “everybody in South Asia has an obligation – and the potential – to do more to realize the rights of every single child in the region.”
A young rape survivor at a safe house in Monrovia, Liberia.
UN Photo/Staton Winter

Evidence on rampant violence against children ‘compels us to act’ – UNICEF report

4 September 2014
Violence against children is universal – so prevalent and deeply ingrained in societies it is often unseen and accepted as the norm – according to new, unprecedented data presented by the United Nations today.
Child soldiers guard a road near Bunia, Ituri region, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Impunity leads perpetrators to continue child rights violations in DR Congo – UN report

21 July 2014
The recruitment and use of children by armed groups remained endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 2010 and 2013, according to a new United Nations report, which cited impunity as a major factor in the ongoing abuses.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

In Toronto, Ban says ensuring health of women, children 'best investment we can make'

30 May 2014
Despite major global progress in improving the health of children and their mothers, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants at a summit in Toronto to show the leadership, build the key partnerships, generate the financing and devise the creative solutions needed to deliver a world of health, safety and possibility for every woman and every child.
Two women in Mauritania who had operations for obstetric fistula.
IRIN/Manon Riviere

On International Day, UN urges end to ‘global social injustice’ of obstetric fistula

23 May 2014
United Nations officials today called for eradicating the global social injustice of obstetric fistula, a consequence of childbirth that affects an estimated two million women and girls in developing countries but is entirely preventable with access to quality medical care.