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UNICEF recorded the deterioration of the situation of children in areas of Baghdad
Date: Thursday, 03.01.2012 9:04
Baghdad / range
was active in the field of human rights expressed regret for not dealing with international reports problems of Iraqi children are full, They confirmed the presence of large numbers of those living in slum conditions miserable.
This comes in sync with the assurances of UNICEF in the annual report that the situation of children experiencing variation large, as well as the lack of equity in the rights and services.
Noted the UNICEF report that more than 50% of the world's population living in urban areas is expected to assess the two-thirds of the world's population in these areas by the year 2050.
in Iraq, lived 21 million people or 66% of the population in urban areas, which are areas where there opportunities for education, health care and other services are better than in rural areas but this does not mean that these services and care up to everyone, but there is wide variation evident in children's access to such services which was confirmed by a spokesman for the mission of UNICEF in Iraq Peace Abdul-Moneim told press yesterday, pointed out the credit in the center of the capital Baghdad, where the children live without the sewer and water safe to drink, not even friendly schools.
Note the UNICEF report, urban areas where significant opportunities is that children in some parts and neighborhoods with disadvantaged and wide shows, for example when counting and under-five mortality, and when measuring the prevalence of malnutrition, where numbers reflect an increase in these rates and ratios in the cities compared Baleraav.
this and pointed out the UNICEF report that some cities experiencing serious problems for not being able to keep pace with population growth and to meet the needs of children basic but this fact does not evident in the statistics for cities, covering affluence enjoyed by the part of the population on the deprivation suffered by the other part, so FAO points to the need to achieve equity.
said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake that children living in slums and informal settlements are the most disadvantaged groups in the world They are deprived of basic services.
Abdel Moneim explain aspects of focus of the WHO in collaboration with the Iraqi government and said it related to the provision of necessary infrastructure, waste management and water resources as well as maternal and child nutrition.
And he also said that the organization noticed an improvement in the situation of children compared to 2006 although This situation is not ideal and then confirmed that the path is a good year in the direction of realization of the rights of the child.
but an activist in the field of public health and the environment and the rights of the child Abdul Hadi Baker considered the report of the UNICEF and the words of its spokesman does not match the reality of children in Iraq at all and even ridiculed him and said it is enough for the Organization to go down to the street to see for herself the real situation experienced by the child in Iraq, deprived of most basic rights. Abdul Hadi Baqir said that thousands of Iraqis do not have accommodation suitable as pointed to the need for the country to the social security system protecting the individual from the cradle to the grave includes the children of course.
Abdul Hadi Baker said the experiences of a real experienced by the Iraqis, such as lack of medical services which lead to the death of children, environmental pollution, which makes the Iraqi children less intelligent than ever before.
also criticized the actions taken so far to protect the child also criticized UNICEF which he said are trying to view things generally do not look to the details of things and the details of the circumstances experienced by the children in Iraq. This was the mission of the United Nations has declared Monday that there are more than one million three hundred thousand Iraqis are still living in non-places of origin, some in slums scattered here and there in Iraq, and called on the government to try to find a radical solution to this problem that affects the lives of a very large number of the population and therefore the children themselves.
The head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Martin Kepler, "requires our shared responsibility to ensure protection and attention needed to more than 1.3 million displaced inside Iraq, "The continued efforts in providing care for those displaced and displaced persons who were described by Kubler said they were Iraqi citizens and are entitled to live in dignity like everyone.
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