More than one billion children, half of the world's population of children, suffer from poverty, violent conflict and the scourge of AIDS, the United Nations Children's Fund said in its annual report.  December 9, 2004

Interview: Political Leaders Fail Children Worldwide
Political leaders the world over are failing the most vulnerable of their people -- children, the U.N. child rights organization UNICEF (news - web sites) said on Thursday.
Reuters  - December 9, 2004

Over 1 billion of world's children in poverty: UNICEF
More than half of the world's children are suffering from poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS, effectively denying them a childhood, according to a report by UNICEF released in London on Thursday.
Kyodo  - December 9, 2004

World's children suffer under poverty, disease, war: new UNICEF report
Poverty, AIDS and wars are taking a savage toll on children around the world even though progress has been made in improving their lot in certain other areas, the head of UNICEF Canada says.
Canadian Press  - December 9, 2004

Poverty, war and HIV/AIDS threaten half the world’s children
UNICEF’s Executive Director Carol Bellamy today officially released UNICEF’s flagship report, The State of the World’s Children 2005, at the London School of Economics. This year the focus is on the triple threat to childhood which is posed by poverty, war and HIV/AIDS.
UNICEF press release  - December 9, 2004

UNICEF Chief: War, Poverty Hinder Goals
War, AIDS (news - web sites) and grinding poverty have prevented the world from reaching many of its goals for helping young people, the U.N. children's agency said Monday ahead of a major report on the state of the world's children.
Associated Press  - December 9, 2004

State of the World’s Children 2005: Executive Summary
The State of the World’s Children 2005 focuses on how poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS threaten the ideal of childhood as a time for children to grow and develop to their full potential. This is the executive summary of the report.
UNICEF  - December 9, 2004