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DATE=10/07/00

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE=UNICEF Mideast Violence (L-only)

NUMBER=2-267616

BYLINE=Lisa Schlein

DATELINE=Geneva

CONTENT=

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//Editors The audio of this CR was taken in and released on Friday, 10-6, but the script was never issued on the NEB wire. Because of the timeliness of the subject matter the text is being released now, 10-7-2000.//

INTRO: The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, says it is concerned about the long term impact of the Israeli-Palestinian clashes on children in the West Bank and Gaza. Lisa Schlein has more from Geneva.

TEXT: UNICEF says a number of young people have died so far in the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Most were between 12 and 18 years old. Lynn Geldof of UNNICEF says the turmoil will have a lasting effect.

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UNICEF is worried about the long-term impact of renewed violence on children's sound development. They are living now in a state of anxiety and fear and we are an advocating institute for children's rights.

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UNICEF has offices in Jerusalem and in Ramallah in the West Bank. Ms. Geldof says a task force has been set up to deal with emergency needs. She says the group has asked the United Nations for one-point-six-million U-S dollars in emergency health and relief supplies. In addition, she says UNICEF is providing 21-thousand dollars in medical supplies and transportation to and from clinics. But she says UNICEF's main focus is on helping the children.

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Most relevant to the children's situation, psycho-social support in the form of printing up quickly a one-pager for parents, for teachers, for counselors on how to handle children who are traumatized, who are anxious and fearful. We will also be training young people in this.

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Ms. Geldof says UNICEF, for a long time, has been working on a project called "Youth Times." She says this project is directed toward young teenagers and aims to teach them their rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. She says the young people have now been given the task of documenting their experiences during the present Israeli-Palestinian confrontation. (Signed)

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