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In its 2010 "Humanitarian Action Report", UNICEF identifies 28 countries and territories with pressing needs. It is appealing for more than one billion dollars in aid for women and children around the world.
The United Nations Children's Fund has released its
"Humanitarian Action Report" for two thousand ten. The report lists
twenty-eight countries and territories with some of the world's most pressing
crises affecting women and children.
Haiti was considered to be in crisis long before the earthquake in January. The
deputy executive director of UNICEF, Hilde Johnson, says the quake has only
made the need for aid more immediate. But she says children all over he world
have the right to the same assistance as children everywhere else.
The "Humanitarian Action Report" discusses several issues that UNICEF
says increasingly threaten the basic rights of women and children. It says
climate change has caused droughts and food insecurity in many areas. High food
prices and the global financial crisis of two thousand eight-two thousand nine
have only added to poverty and malnutrition. And armed conflict continues to
threaten the lives of millions.
Hilde Johnson says children are always the most affected by conflicts and
disasters. They face an increased risk of abuse, including sexual violence and
other serious rights violations.
UNICEF deals with about two hundred emergencies around the world every year.
The greatest need last year was in sub-Saharan Africa. The report says drought,
food insecurity and civil unrest affected about twenty-four million people.
Violence and displacements of people were especially bad in Sudan, Chad, the
Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.
In Asia, UNICEF expects its financial assistance needs to more than double this
year. This is partly the result of adding Pakistan and the Philippines to the
latest report. In Pakistan, it says, more than two million people have been
forced from their homes by the conflict in the Swat Valley and other areas of
the northwest. And in the Philippines, more than two hundred thousand people
are still living in shelters after severe storms last year.
