United Nations Security Council resolution 1261, adopted unanimously on 25 August 1999, in the first resolution to address the topic, the Council condemned the targeting of children in armed conflict
Former child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Humanitarian aid
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Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and victims of natural disasters, wars, and fam
A UNICEF worker is distributing high-calorie food during an emergency situation in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 2008.
Humanitarian aid being distributed in Haiti
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Truck for delivery of aid from Western to Eastern Europe