"Children have been killed, blinded, crippled -- or inadvertently caused the death of their friends -- while playing with unexploded ordnance that is negligently left behind by parties to the conflict," said Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. That number stands at 11,418 deaths and injuries in 2016. But the jump in child deaths and injuries is a particularly striking and disturbing trend in the mission's annual report entitled "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict." Of the 11,418 casualties in 2016, 3,512 were children: 923 who died and 2,589 who were injured. These are records since UNAMA began documenting such figures eight years ago.

Source: CNN February 06, 2017 16:15 UTC