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"The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," Catherine Russell Executive director of UNICEF tell UN Security Council. "Based on these figures, children account for forty percent of the deaths in Gaza. This is unprecedented," she adds. SOUNDBITE
Some 1.4 million children have now fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, meaning nearly one child a second has become a refugee, Unicef's spokespersonn in Geneva, James Helder, says. SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a UN meeting on Ukraine that the world is "facing a moment of peril" over the country's crisis with Russia. SOUNDBITE
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 9 (EFE / EPA).- Some 3.2 million children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition in Afghanistan at the end of the year. This has been announced by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which relates the increase in these data with the takeover of the country by the Taliban.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN CHILDREN IN KABUL.
Mandalay, Mar 20 (EFE/EPA).- The occupation of education facilities by Myanmar security forces is a “serious violation of children’s rights” that will worsen the learning crisis for millions of students in the country, Unicef said in a statementThe UN's children agency said the military had occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses in 13 states and regions of the military-ruled country until Friday.A joint statement by Unicef, Save the Children, and Unesco said Myanmar security forces reportedly beat two teachers s they entered the premises and left several others injured. (Camera: STRINGER).SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST MILITARY COUP IN MANDALAY, MYANMAR.
Jalalabad, Feb 25 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of Afghan children attend outdoor classes in Sarhood district, Nangarhar province with the support of UNICEF.The United Nations agency estimates that 3.7 million minors do not attend school in Afghanistan, 60 per cent of them girls.(Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI)SHOT LIST: OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN. SOUND BITES: SAHIDULLAH, TEACHER OF MUSLIM ABAD VILLAGE SECONDARY SCHOOL.TRANSLATIONS:"My Name is Sahidullah and I am a teacher for Muslim Abad Village Secondary School. This school is was created by UNICIF six years ago and we have class 1 up till 6. The school has 1800 students of which 1030 of them are female and the rest are male students."