UN: 2014 a devastating year for children
UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children, saying “never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality”. |||
United Nations – The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF declared 2014 a devastating year for children on Monday with as many as 15 million caught in conflicts in Central African Republic, Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and the Palestinian territories. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said the high number of crises meant many of them were quickly forgotten or failed to capture global headlines, such as in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, …read more
Source: Independent Online
