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Waves of protests around the world are reminder that voices of children and adolescents must be heard and their rights protected

“Children and young people from around the world have taken to the streets in recent months to demand their rights.

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Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone

The 40-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and parties are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said in a new report released on Dec 16, 2019.

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‘Embrace the transformation’ to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25

With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25...

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South Sudan famine threat: UN food security agency in ‘race against time’

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A woman and her family wade through a flooded plain to reach their home in Thaker, Unity...

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