UNICEF

UNICEF reports nearly 300 million in need of humanitarian assistance

Published on: January 9, 2024
17:54

Washington, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Across the globe, children and families are facing unprecedented humanitarian crises. Around 300 million people are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection as devastating earthquakes, climate-related disasters, disease outbreaks and new and surging conflicts have left tens of millions of children and their families reeling.

UNICEF warns of high risk of famine in Gaza

Published on: December 23, 2023
10:00

Ramallah, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) 335,000 children under the age of five living in the Gaza Strip are at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death as famine increases, UNICEF reported on saturday.

UNICEF warns of water crisis in Gaza due to Israeli aggression

Published on: December 20, 2023
08:34

Ramallah, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Access to sufficient drinking water is a matter of life or death, and children in the Gaza Strip barely have a drop to drink, warned UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell.

UNICEF says, “Gaza is the most dangerous place for children”

Published on: December 2, 2023
09:37

Ramallah, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Gaza Strip is currently the most dangerous world place for children, Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund –UNICEF- denounced on Saturday.

Belize and UNICEF join forces to child protection issue

Published on: November 29, 2023
16:16

Belmopan, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Belize´s Sustainable Development Ministry and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed an agreement to collaborate in the protection of children and mothers vulnerable to climate change.

UNICEF calls for more aid for devastated Gaza Strip

Published on: November 28, 2023
10:08

Ramallah, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday that the aid entering the Gaza Strip is insufficient to face the severe humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli air strikes.

Significance of Convention on Rights of the Child underscored in Cuba

Published on: November 20, 2023
13:51

Havana, Nov 20 (Prensa Latina) The president of the National People's Power Assembly of Cuba (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, underscored the significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child as it is celebrating its 34th anniversary on Monday.

Children in Gaza need humanitarian assistance, protection – UNICEF

Published on: November 11, 2023
08:25

Ramallah, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) Almost total collapse of medical and health services in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas, are currently threatening children´s lives, UNICEF reported on Saturday.

Thousands of minors killed or wounded in Gaza

Published on: October 25, 2023
08:06

Ramallah, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) At least 2,360 minors have been killed and another 5,364 have been wounded in the Gaza Strip under the bombings Israel has launched since 19 days ago, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has denounced.

UNICEF condemns attack on hospital in Gaza Strip

Published on: October 18, 2023
09:18

Ramallah, Oct 18 (Prensa Latina) The executive director of UNICEF, Chaterine Russell, said she was horrified by an attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which caused hundreds of deaths and injuries, in the midst of an Israeli offensive against the enclave.

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