Tag: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

united-nations: It’s been 3 years since the world was shocked by what happened to the Chibok girls. It provoked global outrage at Boko Haram’s practice of abducting children. The reality is that thousands of boys and girls have been abducted in the crisis in the Lake Chad basin. They’ve been subjected to violence and loss that no child should ever know. – There is a 300% increase in suicide attacks using children in NE Nigeria compared to this time last year.– Girls who’ve been abducted by Boko Haram have endured unimaginable sexual violence.– Boko Haram have used 117 children in…

UNICEF and Hungary announce agreement in principle to establish new UNICEF Global Services Centre in Budapest NEW YORK/BUDAPEST, 10 February 2015 – The Government of Hungary and UNICEF announced today that they have agreed in principle to establish UNICEF’s first-ever Global Shared Services Centre in Budapest.  The new centre will conduct a broad range of UNICEF’s financial and human resources operations worldwide, enabling the children’s organization to realize greater efficiencies and cost savings.