Children in Myanmar are increasingly caught in the crossfire of intensifying conflict, climate disasters and a collapsing humanitarian system, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported. UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban issued a stark call for urgent international action on Thursday,

Conflict has also killed or wounded at least 650 children in the country this year, the United Nations’ agency for children said

WASHINGTON: Children made up nearly 40 per cent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the UN agency for children said Thursday (Nov 21).

Children made up nearly 40 percent of the more than 3.4 million people in Myanmar displaced by civil war and climate change-driven extreme weather, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) said on Thursday.

UNICEF reports 40% of Myanmar's 3.4M displaced are children, facing conflict, climate disasters, and deadly violence.