Topic: UN

Which countries are the best at protecting children’s rights?

Children’s rights are best preserved and respected in Iceland, Switzerland and Finland, but Tunisia and Thailand also fare well, says a new United Nations-based study. (more…)Read more

01-06-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Secretary General records a video to launch a report on COVID-19 and children.

UN: Protect vulnerable children’s rights and their education during pandemic

The United Nations’ Secretary-General António Guterres has issued an impassioned plea for the world to protect the rights and education of vulnerable children during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)Read more

27-04-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

1.4m children face starvation in ‘biggest crisis since 1945’

Children, as always, are among the most at risk, as Africa faces the world’s worst humanitarian disaster for more than seventy years, reports Adrian Voce. The United Nations has declared that the world is facing its...Read more

15-03-2017|Comment|author: Adrian Voce