UNICEF calls for action amid highest level of child displacement in the world

teleSUR English

The United Nations Children’s Fund Executive Director Catherine Russell called for urgent action to safeguard children in Sudan during her visit to Kassala in the eastern region of the country. According to UNICEF, Sudan is facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with escalating conflict, rising hunger, and the highest level of child displacement globally—an estimated 10 million people displaced, half of them children. More than 30 million people require humanitarian assistance, while women and girls are experiencing horrific levels of sexual violence. UNICEF urged an immediate end to the violence and called on all parties to uphold international humanitarian law to ensure the safety and dignity of every child and civilian.    #teleSUREnglish #Sudan #UNICEF #HumanitarianCrisis #ChildDisplacement #Kassala #HumanRights

Transcript

00:00Moving on to Sudan, the United Nations Children's Fund Executive Director called for an urgent

00:08action to safeguard children in the country during her visit to Kassala in the eastern

00:14region of the country.

00:16According to a report by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, Sudan is facing

00:21one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises amid escalating conflict, rising hunger

00:27and the highest level of child displacement in the world, with an estimated of 10 million

00:32people displaced, half of them children.

00:34Furthermore, the agency stated that more than 3 million people require humanitarian assistance

00:40in the country.

00:41Russell also highlighted the vulnerability of women and girls who are experiencing horrific

00:47levels of sexual violence.

00:49UNICEF calls for an immediate end to the violence and for all parties to uphold international

00:54humanitarian law, to ensure the safety and dignity of every child and civilian.

Category

Transcript

Comments

Recommended