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Una Fame da Morire
It was 1967 and for the first time, the world was upset by the images of the children of Biafra, reduced to starvation during a dramatic civil war for the independence of the south-eastern provinces of Nigeria. Fifty years later, malnutrition remains a si
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Response to the Horn of Africa Emergency: A continuing crisis threatens hard-won gains. Regional six-month Progress Report April 2012
This report highlights UNICEF’s response to the Horn of Africa crisis for the period July-December 2011. Following one of the worst droughts in recent memory, the Horn of Africa ended 2011 with marked improvements in a number of conditions underpinning th
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Declaración para acabar con el hambre extrema
This charter sets out five key actions that governments of rich and poor countries should take to stop widespread starvation as a result of drought, high food prices and conflict. It includes ensuring that disaster risk reduction and climate change adapta
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Addressing Integrated Coordination in Food Security Crises: A Brief Assessment of the Role, Mandate, and Challenges of the Global Food Security Cluster
In May 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) formally launched the global Food Security Cluster (FSC) as the UN’s global mechanism for coordinating food security responses in emergencies. The creation of the glob
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A Charter to End Extreme Hunger
This charter sets out five key actions that governments of rich and poor countries should take to stop widespread starvation as a result of drought, high food prices and conflict. It includes ensuring that disaster risk reduction and climate change adapta
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Child participation assessment: Summary- Southern Sudan Programme
An assessment of Save the Children Sweden’s (SCS) capacity to promote child participation was conducted in 2006. The assessment targeted mainly the administrative and programme staff within the framework of the SCS southern Sudan programme.The overall pur
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Discrimination against indigenous children in India: Race, Culture and Class
Supplementary report to India's periodic country report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is the second alternative report from the Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) to the Committee on the Rig
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Starvation, Rape and Killing of Indigenous Jumma Children. An update on “The status of indigenous and minority children in Bangladesh”
This is a supplementary report to Bangladesh's second periodic report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This update, submitted to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, has been necessitated by increased racial d
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Elimination of Unwanted Children in Chinese Orphanages: A policy of inhumane treatment
Report presented to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child by Human Rights Watch/Asia at the 12th Session May-June 1996. The human rights record of the Chinese government has often been attacked, and in response to the widespread criticism, the Chine