Africa: 'Shocking' Increase in Children Denied Aid in Conflicts

, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict , briefed ambassadors, citing grave concerns, from war-torn Gaza to gang-ravaged Haiti, where famine looms amid rampant violence and displacement."Let me be very clear," she said."The Geneva Conventions and the Convention on the Rights of the Child contain key provisions requiring the facilitation of humanitarian relief to children in need.

"Without compliance by parties to conflict to allow safe, full and unhindered access for the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, children's survival, wellbeing and development are in jeopardy, and"We cannot prevent denial of humanitarian access to children unless we understand it and reinforce our capacity to monitor and prevent its occurrence. We must get on with the job.

"The consequences have been clear," he warned."In March, we reported that one in three children under two years of age in the northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition, a figure that hasDozens of children in the northern Gaza Strip have reportedly died from malnutrition and dehydration in recent weeks and half the population is facing catastrophic food insecurity, he stressed.

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