The War ON Children in Syria
Reports of Mass Casualties among Children in Eastern Ghouta and Damascus
From Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa
NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones”[1].
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[1] UNICEF is issuing this blank statement. We no longer have the words to describe children’s suffering and our outrage. Do those inflicting the suffering still have words to justify their barbaric acts?
For more information, contact:
Sophie Aziakou, UNICEF USA, 917.720.1397, saziakou@unicefusa.org
Erica Vogel, UNICEF USA, 212.922.2480, evogel@unicefusa.org