{"id":135859,"date":"2024-12-05T07:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/ukraine-unicef-chief-urges-greater-protection-for-children-caught-in-this-nightmare\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:30:20","slug":"ukraine-unicef-chief-urges-greater-protection-for-children-caught-in-this-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/ukraine-unicef-chief-urges-greater-protection-for-children-caught-in-this-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children \u2018caught in this nightmare\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135859\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>The plight of children impacted by Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was the focus of debate in the UN Security Council on Wednesday. Catherine Russell, head of UN child rights agency, UNICEF, appealed for greater protection efforts by both the international community and the parties to the conflict, and a political solution to end the war. &#8221;Children are depending on this Council to provide solutions. We cannot and we must not let them down,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Russell outlined the awful toll on young lives. At least 2,406 boys and girls have been killed or injured since the war began in February 2022 &#8211; an average of two a day, according to UN verified numbers, though the true figure is likely far higher. \u201cBehind every number is a child with a name, a life story, and loved ones whose hopes and dreams have been shattered,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that more and more youngsters are directly caught in the conflict. \u201cThe UN verified more child casualties during the first nine months of 2024 than we did during all of 2023. This is the true cost of war, but it does not end there,\u201d she said. Here she pointed to the staggering number of people who have been uprooted by the fighting, with nearly 3.6 million displaced within Ukraine and almost twice as many, 6.7 million, now refugees.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the continual risks of attacks, children in some areas of the country are now sheltering up to six hours a day sheltering in basements and other damp dark spaces, she continued. Furthermore, almost 1,500 educational institutions and more than 660 health facilities have been damaged or destroyed in the war. In some cities such as Kharkiv, classrooms and playgrounds have been replaced with underground makeshift schools, including in metro stations.<\/p>\n<p>The onset of winter means children are exposed to freezing temperatures. The situation has been made worse by Russia\u2019s increased attacks on Ukraine\u2019s power grid, which have reduced energy capacity to just half of what is required during the colder months. &#8221;Some parts of Ukraine are experiencing power outages for 18 hours a day. As a result, many children in Ukraine are left without essentials such as heating, safe water and sanitation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The war is also taking a terrible toll on children\u2019s mental health and robbing them of their childhood, she continued. &#8221;Children are impacted by the constant threat and fear of attacks or violence, the loss of loved ones, the separation of families due to displacement, and the disruption of education \u2013 including isolation due to long-term online learning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>As the war continues, UNICEF and partners are working tireless to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of children and families. This includes working with municipalities to keep heating systems operational throughout the winter. Although they are doing their utmost, Ms. Russell stressed the need for more action.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/12\/1157756\">The UN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/ukraine-unicef-chief-urges-greater-protection-for-children-caught-in-this-nightmare\/\">Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children \u2018caught in this nightmare\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,17193,17194],"class_list":["post-135859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-greater-protection-for-children","tag-ukraine-unicef"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}