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I. Beah at his book launch event in 2006

Author and former child soldier Ishmael Beah signs on as UNICEF advocate

20 November 2007
Author and former child soldier Ishmael Beah was appointed today as a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Advocate for Children Affected by War, the agency announced as it marked the 18th anniversary of the landmark Convention on the Rights of the Child.

New UN guidelines to help assess health of children and youth

24 October 2007
Aiming to help parents and policymakers, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today published the first internationally agreed classification code for assessing the health of children.
Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy

UN officials, former child soldier call for bolstered efforts to protect children

17 October 2007
On the tenth anniversary of a groundbreaking study on the impact of armed conflict on children, two top United Nations officials and a former Sierra Leonean child soldier today appealed for greater efforts to protect children and noted that much work remains to be done.

UN health agency stresses need to ensure safety of children’s medicines

21 September 2007
The lack of thorough and reliable clinical data on the way medicines affect children, particularly side effects, requires strengthened safety monitoring and vigilance of medicinal products, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) warned today.

UN-backed conference to tackle needless deaths during pregnancy and childbirth

14 August 2007
With a woman somewhere in the world needlessly dying every minute during pregnancy and childbirth, the United Nations is participating in a landmark conference in October to bring an end to millions of maternal deaths globally.

UNICEF calls for increased efforts to prevent child trafficking

16 June 2007
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) marked the Day of the African Child today by calling on governments, communities and families to boost efforts to prevent child trafficking.

UN launches legislative guide on child rights treaty

12 June 2007
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has launched a new publication which aims to serve as a research tool for children's rights advocates based on the major international treaty guiding their work.

UN agencies call for putting end to child labour in agriculture

12 June 2007
Three United Nations agencies have joined forces with key international agricultural groups to launch a new landmark global partnership to address the plight of children working in agriculture, on the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour.

UN forum spotlights situation of children in 11 countries

8 June 2007
A United Nations expert body today urged 11 countries to take steps to improve the situation of children and young people, noting continued discrimination and violation of their rights.

UNICEF launches handbook to help lawmakers combat violence against children

2 May 2007
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today launched a joint handbook for lawmakers to help them devise the necessary strategies, from introducing legislation to allocating public funds, to protect children from violence.