3 y.o. Dieu Do, homeless and fatherless after a 1967 Viet Cong attack, Source http://www.dcvonline.net/php/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3989, Author USIA (PD as work product of US Govt.)
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“The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies.”
-Golda Meir
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) last year issued a milestone report titled “25 Years of Children and Armed Conflict: Taking Action to Protect Children in War” [1].
That report documents the grave violations against children in situations of armed conflict, highlighting steps the international community can take to protect children. But the ravages of war have long been recognized [2][3].
Conflict fundamentally impacts the world in which children live, along with impacting the adults around them. Conflict destroys houses, businesses, roads, crops, and fields. It pollutes groundwater and sanitation systems; wreaks havoc with electrical systems; disrupts food and medical supply chains, impairing access to essential services.
Both aerial bombardment and explosions from artillery can produce anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among adults, adolescents, and children [4A][5A]. Mere vibrations from shelling can kill an unborn child in the womb [4B]. Continue reading
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