UNICEF highlighted last October that since the intensification of fighting in Yemen in March 2015, some 10,000 children have reportedly been killed or maimed - the equivalent of four children every day. Since 2005, the Middle East and North Africa are the regions with the highest number of verified attacks on schools and hospitals, with 22 such attacks in the first six months of this year. The actual figures would be much higher.įor example, Afghanistan has the highest number of verified child victims since 2005 with more than 28,500, a figure that represents 27 per cent of all substantiated child victims globally. This figure only includes cases substantiated through the UN-led Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on Children and Armed Conflict, a procedure established in 2005 to systematically document the most egregious violations against children in conflict zones.
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