UNICEF [to 21 March 2015]
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Nine year old girl soldier freed in large release of child soldiers in South Sudan
JUBA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 21 March, 2015 – Up to 250 child soldiers including four girls, one as young as nine, were released today in South Sudan from an armed group, the Cobra Faction. Another 400 are being released over the next two days.

UNICEF Yemen statement on yesterday’s killings in Sana’a
SANAA, Yemen, 21 March 2015 – “UNICEF strongly condemns yesterday’s attacks on mosques in Sana’a in which at least 13 children were killed and 19 were injured. The attacks claimed the lives of at least 137 people and injured more than 300.

UNICEF welcomes new Sendai Framework securing children’s role in shaping disaster risk reduction
NEW YORK, 20 March 2015 – UNICEF welcomes the new Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted at the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. The 2015-2030 framework recognizes the vital role children and youth have to play in reducing risk, strengthening community resilience and shaping legislation to better protect against disasters.
By the end of the 1990s, climate-change related disasters affected approximately 66 million children per year. In the coming decades, this number is projected to reach 200 million. UNICEF has engaged with the development of the Sendai Framework so that the growing exposure of children to disasters is effectively addressed over the coming 15 years.
“Children are especially vulnerable to disasters as they can be adversely affected in so many ways – through exposure to violence and disease, losing access to healthcare and safe water, or missing out on education,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Programme Director. “But children have also proven crucial to reducing risks posed to their communities. The Sendai Framework establishes children and youth as agents of change who must be given the opportunity to shape policies and programmes for risk reduction.”…

World Water Day: Nearly 750 million people still without adequate drinking water – UNICEF
NEW YORK, 20 March 2015 – Access to drinking water has been one of the biggest successes of the Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF said ahead of World Water Day, but for 748 million people around the world, just obtaining this essential service remains a challenge.

Urgent action needed to assist people affected by conflict in Nigeria and Ukraine – UNICEF and OCHA
NEW YORK, 19 March 2015 – Addressing the media today after returning from a week-long mission to Nigeria and Ukraine, John Ging of OCHA and Afshan Khan of UNICEF, called on the international community to support efforts under way to assist civilians in both countries.

UNICEF to send emergency supplies for cyclone-affected children and families in Tuvalu
SUVA, 18 March 2015 – UNICEF is dispatching emergency life-saving supplies to communities in cyclone-affected Tuvalu. The archipelago nation comprised of nine islands with a population of about 11,000 people has declared a state of emergency, following tidal surges caused by Tropical Cyclone Pam.

Measles prevention campaign underway in Vanuatu, amid fears of disease outbreak – UNICEF
SUVA, 17 March 2015 – An emergency vaccination drive is under way in Vanuatu to protect children hit by Cyclone Pam, as fears grow of a serious measles outbreak.

1 out of 5 Ebola infections hits a child
DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 17 March 2015 –Ebola has had a devastating impact on children, who make up about 20 per cent of infections in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. To protect them and their communities, it is critical to defeat this scourge, while working to restore basic services, UNICEF said in a report released today.

UNICEF: Nearly 60,000 children in need of immediate assistance after Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu
SUVA, 15 March 2015 – Tens of thousands of children are in urgent need of assistance in Vanuatu after tropical Cyclone Pam ripped through the island.