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Urgent action needed to save thousands of hungry children in Malawi – UNICEF

17 October 2005
Immediate action is needed to save the lives of thousands of children under five in Malawi, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has increased its earlier appeal more than fivefold to $13 million as severe malnutrition increases alarmingly in the southern African country.

UN report urges action to enforce legal protections for children caught in war

5 October 2005
A higher level of commitment and more effective collaboration between the United Nations and civil society will be needed to enforce the rights of war-affected children in a world where 2 million have been killed, 6 million injured and 250,000 brutally exploited over the past decade, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict said in a new report.

Millions of disabled children in Eastern and Central Europe denied rights: UN report

5 October 2005
Most of the estimated 2.5 million disabled children in Central and Eastern Europe live in segregated institutions and suffer from stigma, discrimination and a denial of human rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today in a new report which calls for integrating these youngsters back into society.