i know unicef has started laying the groundwork on this.f is very experienced as far as china set up delivery -- as far as trying to set up delivery around the world. >> and there are a lot of parallels to what oscar was saying. for us, we are looking to serve the needs globally. a lot of the work we have been doing now is to assess the capacity in countries around the world. particularly low and middle income countries. also looking more generally across the programs and all of the issues that will come into play whether that is social mobilization, the programming and training of health care workers and so a lot of the work right now is really an assessment that the countries are leaving themselves, and using a checklist and a tool that who and unicef have developed and are working through with those countries. of course one of the key issues within that is of course ensuring that there is the co-chain capacity, the fridges, the freezers that will be necessary to rollout these vaccines. >> will a vaccine that prevents covid-19 be enough t

i know unicef has already started laying the ground work on this. unicef is very experienced as far as trying to set up logistics for the delivery of vaccines around the world. tell us about your efforts thus far. certainly. yeah, and there's a lot of parallels actually to what a skit was saying. so i think for us, you know, we're looking to serve the needs globally. and so a lot of the work that we've been doing right now has been to assess the capacity, particular culture in countries around the world, particularly, and middle income countries. also looking more generally across the programs themselves. all of the issues that will come into play, whether that's advocacy and communications, social mobilization, the programming and training of healthcare workers. and so, so a lot of the work right now is to, is really an assessment that countries are leading themselves, country governments and leaving themselves using a check less than a tool that cho and unicef have developed. and of working through with those countries, stakeholders. and of course

and unicef have been putting in place around $40000.00.fridge is really that a useful for vaccines that would norm that kind of reflect the the normal storage temperatures of most vaccines that we work with so that's $2.00 to $8.00 degree celsius. and those those facilities those fridges that are already in place will will serve as a if you like a as the foundation of many of. the just ticks requirements for many of the products that we see in the pipeline right now. unicef's assessment of the market that we conducted earlier this year with them pits from from from many vaccine manufacturers gave us a sense that the vast majority of the products in the pipeline the menu. pressures develop as a targeting a 2 to 8 degree celsius requirement so so certainly that that foundation is in place it will be be leveraged as best possible of course there are there are other vaccines such as they or polio vaccine that require slightly more stringent temperature requirements which is minus minus 20 degrees celsius and and again because of the almost ubi

let me bringing, let me bring in unicef, because unicef is working on this as a guest. and this is how unicef framed the challenge they have with chart nights in the u.s. . you know, i have called child marriage, a helpful practice and a violation of child rights, and believes that marriage under the age of 18 should be prohibited in all circumstances. yet you're in the united states, there's actually no federal law around child marriage. rather each individual state is responsible for setting their own requirements. this is why unicef usa is a member of the national coalition and child marriage working alongside and you don't partners and order to help more people have whole loopholes. are exceptions that may promote the practice at the state level. so no wonder if she saw so many of the issues about which is what happens to the survivors. and we would he have stats, we know how young people who are girls mostly who are in child marriages. they don't strife you. website is trying to push back on not slating to surviving is one of the stories that you share, minissha. i

as the unicef ambassador, you might have to remind us what you, what you saw when un. yes, i actually visited. i couldn't go now. publics, i'm too old and partly because it's too dangerous and it's hard to, it's hard to get in this with actually 10 years ago that had 6 was in 6 years. and i, so even better, this is before the center is if you gratian of central and requiring this support by the coalition. but i saw the effects even then on these everett's,, i held the hand of a 9 year old girl, was suffering from p.t.s.d., having been bombed in northern yemen. and i, and she didn't know who she was. 00 or where she was. it was, it was a most moving incident for me and it struck me that that will fare happens east the states mostly among civilians. civilians are often targeted that's certainly often it. and i realize sets the difference between p.t.s.d. in a child and p.t.s.d. in an adult is just that in a child. it lasts longer. who? well, britain gives aid for those children. and regardless of the fact oxfam is alleging that the g 20 sales dwarfs the actual aid being

joining me now is former british member of parliament and then reward reporter and now unicef u.k. ambassador martin bell. martin, thanks so much for coming on. i know you're going on in your own capacity here today. begins the g. 20 summit. do you expect him and to be brought up at the g 20 summit? i certainly do. there are many countries here in which the powerful forces arguing against continuing to supply sophisticated systems to the saudi tend to coalition. there is deep concern in many countries, including in you, kate, about the role of the saudi led air force about attacks on civilians. and i think in the last 5 years of the war, they've seen an average of one error, a den reach 10 days. and the targeting seems to be totally indiscriminate. which call shoah mean kills a bus, a bus hitch schools and so on. so the concern is i don't think the delegates will be doing their job if they, if they can find that gender of the coronavirus. while boris johnson, the minister liz just contended that there are isolated incidents that may have breached international law. very different f

unicef, which is the u.n. agency for children's rights, outlined some of the worst aspects in its report based on data from 140 countries, among them, a 15 percent rise in the number of young living in poverty worldwide. another alarming estimated ses, the fallout could claim another $2000000.00 lives of infants under 5 in just the next 12 months. and the heavy toll on education is highlighted with more than one and a half. 1000000000 school children affected a senior. unicef official told the program that amidst the scramble to cope with the virus, the youngest members of society cannot be forgotten. i think the immediate response, of course, is what will and i make most hearing. i don't have your way, she said the elderly with interactive fax was the appropriate response message from unicef. is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they pay attention to those hardest infection itself, that they don't lose sight of making sure that essential services that ch

unicef outlined some of the worst aspects in its report. it found a 15 percent rise in young people living in poverty worldwide, and that predicted the lives of around 2000000 children under 5 could be lost in the next 12 months. and also estimated the education of more than 1500000000 schoolchildren would be hit. jennifer harris requests hall again believes the level of teaching should remain the same throughout the pandemic. i think the key is keeping the population safe. so mitigation measures are extremely appropriate, but at the same time we need to be working at innovation so that we can add, make sure that children are connected through the digital platforms and they need to make sure that they're still in school. look, there are reports that looking across and under 19 live in different instances that there wasn't an increase in infection through school openings, although there are variances depending upon the degree to which the schools have been able to implement mitigation measures. so i think it's on the one hand, there needs to

and the elderly with interactive fax was that appropriate response message from unicef. is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they pay attention to those hardest infection itself, that they don't lose sight of making sure that essential services that children and mothers depend upon that they're not severely disrupted because that's what's really leading to these high numbers of deaths and also to bear in mind that a lot of the economic consequences will cause a increase in poverty, which disproportionately affects children. unicef outlined some of the worst aspects in its report to found a 15 percent rising young people living in poverty worldwide predicted the lives of around $2000000.00 children under 5 could be lost in the next year. it also estimated the education of more than one and a half 1000000000 schoolchildren would be hit. jennifer harris rafale again believes that the level of teaching to remain the same throughout the pandemic. i think the key is keeping the 5 elations safe. so medication measures are

a senior, unicef official told r.t. that the youngest members of society cannot be forgotten during this global health crisis. i think the immediate response, of course, is global, and i make our hitting, i don't populations. and the elderly with the direct effects was an appropriate response message from unicef. is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they pay attention to those hardest hit by the infection itself, that they don't lose sight of making sure that essential services that children and mothers depend upon that they're not severely disrupted because that's what's really leading to these high numbers of deaths and also to bear in mind that a lot of the economic consequences that will cause a crease in poverty, which disproportionately affects children. for more details on those stories, remember to give our social network some of your scrolling time today, and if you like, why not leave a comment or 2? i'll be back with more of the top of the hour and hope

and this is something that data that's been picked up by unicef, who is looking to see who is in the rich countries who are doing better as far as child poverty is concerned in china being as well. so i want to bring in, this is playing from a university student who talks about the resources that are available or not available for young people who may decide or be very much on the edge. regarding is it worth living as homeless and i have lost friends to suicide. and the 1st question that comes to mind is what imus. and suddenly the word suicide becomes a part of my vocabulary. some people feel they cannot approach mental health services for lack of genuine concern or sigma. it is my opinion that there is no consistency with how we approach this challenge or affective lee deal with it. we must review prevention initiatives and how can we become the gatekeeper instead of ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, it is essential that we start holding the service providers accountable. considering new zealand reported $654.00 suicides in 2019, and currently has one of the highest suicide rat

great to have you guess one of the reasons why we're doing this show is that we looked at this unicef report back to him in that top job. pity in perspective, an overview of child wellbeing in rich countries. new zealand was one of the rich countries was, which wasn't doing well as far as child poverty is concerned. not only can you explain what happens in new zealand is so will cease doing so well in so many areas . but 40 behind us from concerned i guess we've had a long history of inequality, dating back to the founding document of one of the founding documents, the treaty of white tongue in 140. and since then, we've just never head true partnership and equality between indigenous lardy and paki, which is what we refer to as the new zealand europe in the same population and adding to that over the years we've had a lot of our sort of like cousin migrate to new zealand, and they also have had faced a lot of challenges coming up up against institutional racism, structural inequality. we had a period in the 1980 s. of just like a huge amount of near liberalism, that kind of eroded ou

the elderly, with the direct effects was an appropriate response message from unicef. is that as countries are preparing their response plans to the pandemic and making sure that they pay attention to those hardest hit by the infection itself, that they don't lose sight of making sure that essential services that children and mothers depend upon that they're not severely disrupted because that's what's really leading to these high numbers of deaths and also to bear in mind that a lot of the economic consequences that will cause a increase in poverty, which disproportionately affects children, will be back with more stories at the top of the hour. hope to see you then join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics. sports business, i'm showbusiness. i'll see you then. maybe your brutal truth will be.

. >>> now the united nations children's fund or unicef says those under 20 years of age account for 11%all global coronavirus infections. it's calling on government leaders to ensure that all children have necessary resources amid the pandemic. unicef expressed concern over covid-19's long-term impact on children's health and education in a report released thursday. it says disruptions to critical health care for children, such as routine vaccinations, posed the most serious threat. the report notes that 360 million children are missing out on meals because of school closures. the organization suggested that if basic safety measures are in place, the benefits of keeping schools open outweigh the costs of closing them. johns hopkins university in the u.s. reports there are over 56 million people infected globally. a total of 1.4 million have died. >>> the australian military says it's found credible evidence its troops in afghanistan unlawfully killed farmers and other civilians. >> such behavior profoundly betrayed the trust placed in us by the afghan people, who had asked us to their c

yes, we in fact have a group that convenes co-chaired by myself and by the head of unicef in somalia, looking at the impact of conflict on the civilian population. so indeed, we have a team that records all of these incidents, which just of course we see do investigate. we're talking about condemnation, we're talking about trying to prevent it from being repeated. we're talking about the u.n. imposing order or a mood, a savant's of understanding between you and the american troops and the african troops, so that you prevent further killing of civilians in your country. well, 1st of all with respect to the african union mission in somalia as it is the u.n. security council mandated mission. indeed, the african union mission is subject to the u.n. human rights due diligence, all due diligence policy. and in fact, amazon has on its staff, human rights experts that indeed look into these cases. and we also examine them when we receive information indicating that there have been incidents . we advise amazon of that and seek their response on it. in the case of the united states and other b

otherwise, unicef says more than 2 and a half 1000000 children face acute malnutrition. the number has doubled within the last 3 years in afghanistan as it suffers rising poverty, violence, unemployment. and the pandemic and international aid to afghanistan has fallen in recent years. a meat concerns among donors over instability and corruption. that's left hospitals struggling to cope with the support. if we lose the support of the international red cross, we will not even have a bandage to offer the supplies that we get from the government for the entire year are not enough for a month, especially right now because we have more patients than usual. doing that got out of ghana, stans, largest children's hospital in kabul facilities are limited care. there are only 2 rooms available for home, morris children. and if there are not enough, they're also here for the treatment of life threatening conditions like him only out and wanting to head not survive. units of supplies and attritional milk to help treat the children. but there is a temporary storage. the situation has

unicef and un women have told the bbc that a generation of adolescent girls and women have been subject pandemic, with an estimated 15 million more women vulnerable globally, for every three months of lockdown. economic pressures, caregiving duties and lack of access to education mean that girls are more likely to disproportionately face violence at home. the bbc‘s gender and identity reporter megha mohan has this report. my my name is anne and i am 19 yea rs my name is anne and i am 19 years old. i have a son and have a life with my parents, brothers and sisters and we share a one room shack in a township in south africa. my father used to do ourjobs but since the covid—19 pandemic, he has not had any work. he ended up has not had any work. he ended up borrowing money from loan sharks and got into debt. with the lockdown, the entire family had to spend every day stuck together at home. in the first few months of the pandemic, my dad would get drunk and hit me and my mum and sister. we have changed and act as voice and her testimony, one of 15 million or more women in the world for each

dvd and digitalfrom monday, also highlights the pride hepburn took in becoming an ambassador for unicefork finally provided her with the love she craved, offering a positive outlet for the fame and attention she had always mistrusted. audrey hepburn: when i love, i love unconditionally. one of the interesting things about 2020 has been that in the absence of big blockbusters, many smaller, more offbeat productions have garnered widespread attention, including several short films by celebrated directors. next month, for example, viewers of the streaming service mubi can enjoy cold meridian, an experimental six minute short short from in fabric director peter strickland. new to the same service this week is nimic, an intriguing oddity from greek director yorgos lanthimos who made the favourite. tell her to get out. tell him to get out. this is our home. you're my other half. a popular hit at a range of international film festivals last year, nimic stars matt dillon as a cellist who finds himself being pursued by a doppelganger who copies his every move. there are thematic echoes of dostoy

reportera: la agencia de unicef revelÓ estas imÁgenes de la comunidad que antes era promocionada comoni nada. reportera: iota dejÓ 21 muertos y los daÑos se cuantifican en mÁs de $600,000,000. mÁs de 30 8000 viviendas fueron afectadas y en la actualidad las autoridades distribuyen mÁs de 267,000 lÁminas de zinc en todo el caribe norte. mientras algunos pobladores han denunciado que rÉgimen de ortega estarÍa politizando la ayuda. >> que porque ando hablando la verdad no me quieren ayudar. reportera: la cruz roja nicaragüense estima que las donaciones ascienden a mÁs de medio millÓn de dólares, segÚn esta instituciÓn, son mÁs de 400,000 los nicaragüenses impactados por iota. >> hemos entregado cerca de 115 t de alimentos. reportera: univisiÓn. ilia: comenzamos nuestra ventana al mundo en lima, perÚ. segÚn la defensorÍa del pueblo mÁs de 4000 trabajadores de la salud laboran sin seguro mÉdico y no tienen derecho a licencia por enfermedad si se contagian de coronavirus. jorge: el ministro de salud de espaÑa dijo hoy que la vacuna del covid-19 empezar a distribuirse en algÚn momento de ene

unicef says nearly 800000 children under 5 suffer life threatening malnutrition. and nearly $200000.00 of those cases developed in the 1st 5 months of this year. most children are covered, so we would have no way of really knowing what happens to 400 or 500000 of these children. most of these children will die of pneumonia or die riya because of death. it is their malnourished state that puts them at risk when they catch something else. and so their desk would be labeled. otherwise, unicef says more than 2 and a half 1000000 children face acute malnutrition. the number has doubled within the last 3 years in afghanistan as it suffers rising poverty, violence unemployment. and the pandemic and international aid to afghanistan has fallen in recent years. a meat concerns among donors over instability and corruption. that's left hospitals struggling to cope with the support you see if we lose the support of the international red cross, we will not even have a bandage to offer the supplies that we get from the government for the entire year are not enough for a month, e

according to unicef, the philippines have a couple 1000000 abandoned or discarded children. they run from the social services rescue operation. i love to see mother and child who was missing to sophie to play. i love someone that's so she doesn't just take it easy. i took the time, comes the ballot because you see michelle look at the when she comes from our house. we're just selling. we're selling it, what it is, what you have in your hand to give it up. i mean, it was like, oh oh my love back we're selling, my family is there. but it was a comment on a lot of chile, i was a bit of a actually children don't want to be in institutions. is out of the assisted say that they feel it's easier on the streets of the big that was enough to beg and they can do what they played, the one in the still middle. so here long in the sun. the problem is that the children go back to the streets, even though that has been returned to the families agree, not incentives that family. not because we have here a 15 year old mother with a year old child wouldn't find the money to be used. sometimes

if we can get them into treatment programs, unicef has a very extraordinarily high children, but me are are missing half of the children. we just cannot reach them, so that is a critical problem for us. ongst the most vulnerable in the world, and with dwindling food supplies, their situation is getting even more desperate. bbc news. laura: so much trauma in afghanistan, and now, hunger for those children, too. three prominent hong kong activists are in custody after related to the siege of the police headquarters las year. the pro-democracy movement has faulted since the new security law gave the government sweeping power to suppress the opposition. our reporter from hong kong. reporter: the three young activists arrivedn i court defiance, using their platform to call for support for their cause. th t land to plead guilty charges to get they are prepared to be remanded io custody. -- to the charges. they are prepared to be remanded into custody. >> nor election bands nor oth other power will stop us from activism. nor election ban -- nor election bans nor other power will stop us from a