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...the United States also signed under President Bill Clinton in 1995, but neither has ratified it. UNICEF said Somalia's transitional government had told it the "Somali cabinet of ministers has agreed in principle to ratify the Convention on...

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5000 under-5 children die in India everyday: UNICEF PTI 20 November 2009, 05:40pm IST NEW DELHI: Despite a decrease in child mortality figures, 5,000 children under the age of five die in India everyday due to preventable causes,...

In this article: India, AIDS, and New Delhi

...million newborns die in the country during the first month of life and another million die between 29 days and five years, according to UNICEF's State of World's Children Report 2009. Giving details about the report that was released here...

In this article: India, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and New Delhi

UNITED NATIONS -- UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care -- and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence -- 20 years after the U.N. adopted a treaty...

In this article: United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and Ann Veneman

...rights, a billion children are still deprived of food, shelter, or clean water and nearly 200 million are chronically malnourished, UNICEF said yesterday. There are some bright spots - fewer youngsters are dying and more are going to...

In this article: Ann Veneman, United Nations, United States, Susan Rice, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Measles, Malaria, HIV, and Barack Obama

...are dying and more are going to school - but an estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development, UNICEF said Thursday. The U.N. children's agency issued a special edition of its annual report on The...

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...been evacuated and scores of schools closed due to fighting which has now spilled over from Yemen, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, citing local contacts. Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, launched...

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Article Date: 13 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director, Hilde F. Johnson, urged for more action to be taken in Southern Sudan to stop severe food shortages in parts of the country escalating into a worse crisis. "Now is...

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UNICEF: Poor nutrition is killing children, stunting growth Ann Veneman, UNICEF's executive director, says the causes of undernutrition must be addressed. Poor nutrition is one of the main killers of young children, UNICEF report says

In this article: Ann Veneman, U.S., E mail, CNN, Asia, and Africa

...2 per cent of all child deaths, it gets more than 20 cents of every dollar spent on public health. UNICEF was unable to say how much it spends on nutrition. But last year, its sister agency, the World Health Organisation, spent about six...

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