By Felicia Imohimi
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the future of millions of children living in countries affected by armed conflict are at risk as warring parties continue to commit grave violations against them.
Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, lamented that world leaders has failed to hold perpetrators accountable in spite of these violations, among other crimes.
“Children living in conflict zones around the world have continued to suffer through extreme levels of violence over the past 12 months and the world has continued to fail them.
“For too long, parties to conflict have been committing atrocities with near-total impunity and it is only getting worse. Much more can and must be done to protect and assist children,” Fontaine said.
He noted that children living in countries at war have been under direct attack,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
