The U.N.Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba,South Sudan,Lise Grande, says the number of internal conflicts in the semi-autonomous region has risen from last year's levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

U.N.Special Representative Radhika Coomaraswamy says during the past year, a significant number of child soldiers were released by the National Liberation Forces in Burundi and more children are to be released in the Central African Republic and the Philippines as a result of active intervention by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"These targets are set for 2015 and are to achieve at least 90 percent measles vaccination coverage nationally and 80 percent coverage in every district, reduce measles cases to less than five per million population, reduce measles mortality by U.N.health agencies have made huge strides in reducing the number of children dying from measles.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21