Children's rights

The urgent action we take today can prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from becoming a lasting crisis for children, especially the most vulnerable. , There is no time to lose. Without immediate funding and key lifesaving interventions to deliver essentials, strengthen health systems and maintain routine services for vulnerable children, an additional 6,000 children under five could die a day – more than 4 children every minute – due to the direct impact of COVID-19. We need you to help us…, RESPOND with vital supplies, Soap, gloves, masks and access to clean water are a lifeline to children and their families. You can give them a fighting chance with access to the basics. Your donation helps UNICEF deliver life-saving medicine, nutritious food and vaccines., Help communities RECOVER, COVID-19 isn’t just tackling under-resourced fragile health systems, it’s attacking the way children access education, the way their families earn an income to cover their needs, and how safe they feel in their homes, communities and countries. This is a child right’s crisis. Right now, UNICEF staff is on the ground doing everything in our power…, Help us REIMAGINE a world that is fit for every child, For more than 70 years, UNICEF has responded to some of the biggest crises our world has faced. We’ve been on the front lines of every pandemic, epidemic, famine and conflict since World War II. We have the experience, tools and partners to not only help communities recover, but also to help them build back better. History shows we can do it. Are…, Put your donation to work today, UNICEF operates the world’s largest humanitarian warehouse, shipping vital supplies to communities battling the virus. Your donation helps us rush supplies where needed most. Because we buy in bulk, we keep costs low so your donation can help more children. We are there before, during and after a crisis. Saving a life is not enough. We learn…, Are you with us?, A donation, no matter how small, can make an impact on a child whose health, safety, education and rights are at risk. With your support, UNICEF will do whatever it takes to ensure children and their families get the urgent support they need.   On 29 January 2020, a shipment of personal protective equipment is seen on arrival before being unloaded…, Other ways to help stop the virus, Icon showing hand washing Learn how to protect yourselves and your families Icon of a computer screen Share your voice and be an advocate for change Icon of a quiz Fight misinformation: test your knowledge, About UNICEF, We will do whatever it takes. Are you with us?

Around the world, millions of children are growing up in conflict. Caught in the crossfires of war, these children are uniquely vulnerable. They are often uprooted from home or exposed to extreme trauma. It is much harder for them to access healthcare or education. And too often, warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the…, Haiti, One day I wish to hear no more guns shoot. Chrisjordan UNICEF, Nigeria, Let’s embrace diversity, Let differences unite. For in unity, we find strength and light. Aisha UNICEF, Sudan, We long for peace, not battles fought. And the peace will illuminate the darkness. Sudan, may happiness bloom in your heart. Ebtihal UNICEF, Ukraine, But I believe that happy days will break through the pain. The war will end, the air raids will stop forever. Fedir UNICEF, Ethiopia, What I miss? The day to pass without hearing a shot. The day to pass without disturbance. Betelehem, Myanmar, We ask for peace, Which in fact we exchange with our last breath. Nyi Nyi Zaw UNICEF, Mali, The farewell in our eyes, Our worries take their leave, Frustrations go astray, Peace is not delayed. Kadidia UNICEF, Yemen, Oh my Messenger, show him peace May peace always dispel the darkness Yousef, More about Poems for Peace, Since the initiative’s inception in 2020, UNICEF has received thousands of poems from 8 year-olds to 24 year-olds around the world including Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen., Stop attacks on children, Ultimately children need peace to thrive. It is critical for children that efforts to end today’s seemingly endless armed conflicts are redoubled. But children cannot wait for protection – while wars continue, we must never accept attacks against children. Thirty years since the adoption of the  Convention on the Rights of the Child , and 70 years…

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UNICEF is the world’s leading humanitarian agency for children. We respond to around 300 emergency situations every year–many of which never make the news.

Good afternoon. Thank you for this opportunity to address the council today. Children’s rights are human rights. Central not only to children’s futures…but to the future of their communities and countries…and to humanity itself.   Last year, UNICEF — and the children of the world — marked a special milestone for these rights: the 30 th anniversary…

Just as people’s participation was a hallmark of the SDG negotiations’ process -- infusing increased ambition and legitimacy into that process – people’s participation must continue and be strengthened for SDG implementation in all countries. Thus, a key aspect of monitoring, follow-up and review will be to foster awareness of the SDGs among the…

Presently, we stand at a crossroads and particularly important moment in time for the world’s children. Against the backdrop of children, adolescents and youth around the world demanding to be heard and taking action for their future through climate strikes in over 170 countries, it is fitting that 2019 was also the 30th anniversary of the…

While all SDG targets and indicators affect the lives and well-being of children, adolescents and youth in some way, UNICEF has identified 35 indicators that most directly concern children, out of a total of 232 in the global SDG monitoring framework. The list of indicators for global SDG monitoring, measuring the 169 targets across the 17 goals,…

Prioritizing the education, protection, health and well-being of children constitutes the best and most robust investment we can make to fulfil the promise of Agenda 2030 – for children, adolescents and youth themselves and the fundamental rights that they have – and for peace, human security and sustainable development for all of us and the…

NEW YORK, 20 November 2019 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors David Beckham and Millie Bobby Brown will headline a global summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York where they will join children and young people in demanding action to protect and promote child rights. The UNICEF summit is part of celebrations marking World Children’s Day…