[NEW YORK, 5 June 2008] - UNICEF’s Executive Board adopted the UNICEF Child Protection Strategy at its annual June session. The strategy outlines the contributions of UNICEF to national and international efforts to fulfill children...
[NEW YORK, 13 April 2008] – Many children of North Korean women living in China are denied legal identity and access to education, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. To comply with international standards and its own laws,...
[13 December 2007] - Discrimination threatens lives in emergencies, and governments and aid agencies should pay more attention to the needs of vulnerable groups who suffer most in disasters, the Red Cross said in a report released on Thursday....
[17 October 2007] - More and more States worldwide are reforming their laws to prohibit all corporal punishment of children, including in their homes. A new report by the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children analyses the...
Summary: Report submitted to the Third Committee of the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly which will open on 18 September 2007.This year's Report of the Secretary-General on the Status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is...
Summary: The 'Legislative History of the Convention on the Rights of the Child' is the result of ten years of work by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Save the Children Sweden.Please be aware that this document, which comes...
[BEIJING, 11th January 2007] - A report recently published by UNICEF confirms that while China is on-track for reaching the Millennium Development Goals four and five, there remain serious concerns about slowing progress...
[NEW YORK/BEIJING, 15 January 2007] – UNICEF launched its Chinese-language website today bringing information about HIV and AIDS prevention, girls’ education, avian flu, child protection and other related issues to more than 140 million...
[NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 December 2006] – Eliminating gender discrimination and empowering women will have a profound and positive impact on the survival and well-being of children, according to a new UNICEF report issued on UNICEF’s 60th...
Summary: World sanitation crisis causes millions of avoidable deaths, and contamination from human waste is largely to blame, says UNDP’s Human Development Report.[CAPE TOWN, 9 November 2006] - Simply installing a flush toilet in the home increases...
