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The UN reports that 2024 has been one of the worst years on record for children in conflict zones, with over one in six children worldwide living in affected areas and facing severe violations.
The head of the U.N. Children’s Agency has said the conflict created the world’s largest, and humanitarian crisis. The war has killed more than 28,000 people, forced millions to flee their homes, and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country. Other estimates suggest a far higher death toll.
UN has said that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for children living in conflict zones in UNICEF’s history. More than one in six children globally now live in areas affected by conflict, forced to face unthinkable violations.
Children do not start wars but they pay the highest price for them. They’re more likely than adults to be killed or maimed by explosive weapons. They lose the protection and care of family members and friends. They’re abducted from their homes, recruited by armed groups, and sexually violated. Their schools and hospitals are destroyed, and many are denied life-saving aid, based simply on who they are or where they live.
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All warring parties where conflicts rage must act to fulfil their obligations to protect children – ending attacks that kill and injure children or destroy their schools, hospitals and other infrastructure and services they rely on, and ending abduction, sexual violence and recruitment of children in conflict.
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