[RED DEMOCRATICA] UNICEF's Stern: Helping children should be a global priority

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Security Council should add more temporary members, Mexico says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   December 29, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UNICEF's Stern: Helping children should be a global priority The targeting of children in conflict zones is rising rapidly, as are food shortages that place children at risk of malnutrition and starvation, writes Caryl Stern, president of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Global support is necessary to stem such crises and help humanitarian-aid entities "continue to do whatever it takes to save and protect those who are too vulnerable to protect themselves," she writes. 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