UNICEF [to 20 June 2015]
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_78364.html

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Selected press release and news notes
Statement attributable to UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern & Southern Africa, Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala, on school attack in Burundi
NAIROBI, 19 June 2015 – “The grenade attack on school grounds in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, which resulted in the injury of a 15-year-old boy is a deplorable assault on a place that should always be safe for every child.

Nepal Earthquakes: UNICEF speeds up response to prevent child trafficking
GENEVA/KATHMANDU, 19 June 2015 – At least 245 children have been intercepted from being trafficked and unnecessarily or illegally placed in children’s care homes since the first earthquake hit Nepal almost two months ago, said UNICEF

Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan – UNICEF chief
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake: NEW YORK, 17 June 2015 – “The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a new level of brutality.

Media Advisory: Millions of world’s poorest children left behind, says UNICEF MDG report
UNICEF issues its final assessment of the impact of the child-related Millennium Development Goals, Progress for Children 2015: Beyond Averages.

Young African activists share powerful stories on child marriage in first ever UNICEF Twitter takeover
NEW YORK, 16 June 2015 – Five young activists from across Africa are sharing their powerful personal experiences of child marriage in UNICEF’s first ever global Twitter takeover on this year’s Day of the African Child (June 16).

Statement attributable to Julien Harneis, UNICEF Representative in Yemen
SANA’A, Yemen, 16 June 2015 – “The number of children in Yemen who have been killed as a result of conflict over the last 10 weeks is four times that of all those confirmed to have been killed in 2014*. At least 279 children have been killed and 402 injured since the escalation of violence in Yemen which began on 26 March 2015, compared with 74 and 244, respectively, that were reported in the whole of last year.