NEW YORK/GENEVA, 11 DECEMBER 2025 (UN NEWS CENTRE) —A social media ban for children under 16 came into effect in Australia on Wednesday, marking a global first. After months of anticipation and debate over the government’s controversial move, under 16s woke up to find themselves locked out of popular platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and […]
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UNICEF supports Pacific Island countries to protect communities against COVID-19 pandemicPacific Island countries prepare to combat outbreaks
Suva, 30 March 2020 – UNICEF is supporting Pacific Island governments to help communities across the region prepare and respond to the threat faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, UNICEF working together with the World Health Organization (WHO), has provided more than 170,000 essential medical and laboratory items, as well as other supplies, to support COVID-19 […]
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Australia firefighters save world’s only rare dinosaur trees
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday. Firefighters winched from helicopters to reach the cluster of fewer than 200 Wollemi Pines in a remote gorge in the Blue Mountains a week before a […]
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Youth plea to candidates, make climate change a platform issue
As the 2020 election draws near, a group of young people in Palau is seeking an opportunity to be heard by leaders and candidates on how climate change impacts their lives and the need for climate solutions. Alayna Alonzo, one of the Palauan kids of Heirs to Our Ocean said that climate change should be […]
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UNICEF hits out at anti-vaxxers over ‘dangerous’ message
APIA, 12 DECEMBER 2019 (RNZ PACIFIC) — UNICEF has hit out at online measles anti-vaxxers saying their message has the potential to kill vulnerable children. That comment from UNICEF Pacific representative, Sheldon Yett, comes as Samoa’s government reports that measles has now claimed the lives of 72 people- since the outbreak began in October. The […]
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UNICEF on Samoa measles outbreak: ‘The situation is huge’
APIA, 05 DECEMBER 2019 -The main challenge for UNICEF staff working in Samoa during the measles epidemic is the increase in hospital admissions, the children’s charity says. As of Wednesday, there are now 62 measles-related deaths, with children making up most of the fatalities. There are also 174 people still in hospital including 18 critically-ill […]