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ARMED CONFLICT: Protecting children in war zones is a moral imperative and legal obligation
19/Jun/2015 News
UN Security Council expands its Children and Armed Conflict Agenda, adding abductions as trigger for inclusion of parties to conflict on the ‘list of shame’.
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TRANSPARENCY: Independent panel urges changes in using UN soldiers
18/Jun/2015 News
An independent panel reviewing UN peacekeeping operations recommended sweeping changes on Tuesday to make the soldiers more accountable for sexual abuse and other crimes.
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ONU: Rapport du Secrétaire Général sur le sort des enfants en temps de conflit armé
15/Jun/2015 Publication
Le rapport du Secrétaire Général de l'ONU sur le sort des enfants en temps de conflit armé est sorti. 
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ASIA-PACIFIC: Cost of child maltreatment tops $200 billion annually, reports UNICEF
3/Jun/2015 News
Statistics show that failure to prevent violence against children is resulting in serious economic costs to countries, UNICEF warned at the launch of its ‘End Violence against Children’ campaign in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 
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GUATEMALA: Subcomité de la ONU para la Prevención de la Tortura realizará su primera visita al país
11/May/2015 News
La delegación, conformada por Felipe Villavicencio Terreros, Roberto Michel Feher Pérez, Enrique Andrés Font y Emilio Ginés Santidrián, extenderá su visita desde el 11 al 20 de mayo del corriente. 
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SOUTH SUDAN: Ratification of UNCRC
6/May/2015 News
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has hailed South Sudan's action to become the 195th country to ratify the Convention on the Right of the Child. 
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MÉDITERRANNÉE : mettre l’intérêt supérieur des enfants au cœur des mesures prises
22/Apr/2015 News
L'Unicef appelle les autorités à renforcer les actions pour éviter d’autres tragédies en Méditerranée, et à mettre l’intérêt supérieur des enfants au cœur des mesures prises.  
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SYRIA: Trapped civilians ‘more desperate than ever’ amid fighting in Yarmouk camp
7/Apr/2015 News
[6 April 2015] – The current escalation is “more desperate than ever” for civilians in Yarmouk displaced persons camp...
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YEMEN: Civilian casualties, humanitarian concerns mounting as fighting continues
7/Apr/2015 News
[6 April 2015] – The violence in Yemen continues to wreak havoc upon the country's civilian population and restrict...
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YEMEN: ‘Children urgently need our protection,’ warns UN child rights envoy as casualties mount in Yemen
7/Apr/2015 News
Over the past week alone, 62 children were killed and 30 others injured.
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