Save the date – June 11 is the new annual International Day of Play, says the United Nations..
Backed by some 140 countries, the U.N. General Assembly has formally adopted a resolution for this date to...Read more
The number of children worldwide dying before their fifth birthday has reached ‘a historic low’, says the United Nations (UN).
More children than ever before are surviving early childhood today, with the global under-5 mortality rate...Read more
Better global collaboration is needed to protect children, says UN children’s charity UNICEF, which warns that 2024 is likely see young people exposed to even higher levels of economic hardship, war and violence.Read more
The child-focused agencies of the United Nations say that number of children worldwide without access to social protection continues to rise, putting them at risk of poverty, hunger and discrimination.Read more
Around five million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to a new report.Read more
United Nations agencies are behind an international coalition aimed at rapidly improving the nutrition, health and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school closures.Read more
The newly-launched Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 is a major milestone in the continued effort to halve road deaths and injuries – many of which involve children – within...Read more
In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the UN Child Rights Committee has said that an individual country can be held responsible for the negative impact of its...Read more
Milan has unveiled a dedicated play space for children in the middle of the city to mark the 30th anniversary of Italy’s endorsement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.Read more
UNICEF has unveiled a ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at the HQ of the United Nations in New York to urge governments worldwide to prioritise the reopening of schools
Schools which are normally the second home for 168 million...Read more
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. Read more
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.Read more
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