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Children in detention are at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 and should be released

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

“Hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19.

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UN Middle East envoys urge greater action on COVID-19 ceasefire appeal

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Economic duress is compounding the impact of conflict in Syria, even before the COVID-19 pandemic touched the country.

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Don’t let children be the hidden victims of COVID-19 pandemic

Ninety-nine per cent of the world’s children live with some form of pandemic-related movement restrictions; Sixty per cent live in countries with full or partial lockdowns

“The world is currently united in a shared struggle against an invisible enemy. But while our eyes are firmly focused on how to avoid or treat COVID-19, the serious consequences that will challenge us far beyond the current pandemic – the hidden impacts – are not yet front of mind. This must change.

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UNICEF providing supplies to combat COVID-19 and support integrated response in Venezuela

A shipment managed by UNICEF of approximately 90 tons of vital supplies arrived in Caracas on April 08, 2020. The shipment includes Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for health workers on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19.

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Debt relief for the poorest countries critical in fight against COVID-19

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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Two boys walk to their settlements in Hadhwe sub-district, Ethiopia.

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UNICEF is providing supplies and technical support to fight COVID-19 in Lebanon

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Warehouse staff prepares to UNICEF supplies to be delivered and distributed to health centres across Lebanon.

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Urgent need to secure learning for children across South Asia

Even before the COVID-19 crisis, South Asia had a chronic education crisis with 95 million children of school age being out of school. With the current COVID-19 crisis unfolding, many of the 430 million children affected by school closures in the region are now in danger of dropping out of the education system.

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European Union and Government of Denmark support UNICEF in shipping vital supplies to Mali

Joint Press Release - EU-ECHO and UNICEF

A UNICEF shipment of 7.5 tons of vital health supplies is arriving in Bamako, Mali on a Danish flight of April 04, 2020, co-financed between the European Union (EU) and the Government of Denmark.

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From landmines to pandemics, on Mine Awareness Day UN chief says milestones reached by ‘working together’

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A deminer undergoing training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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UN chief calls for domestic violence ‘ceasefire’ amid ‘horrifying global surge’

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“No more femicides,” reads this graffiti, scrawled on a wall in Mexico City, where public outcry has been mounting against gender-motivated killings.