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United Nations Population Information Network
A guide to population information on UN system web sites
    

 
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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   Helps children get the care and stimulation they need in the early years of life and encourages families to educate girls as well as boys. It strives to reduce childhood death and illness and to protect children in the midst of war and natural disaster.
 
State of the World's Children
  The State of the World's Children 2002 is about the leadership that was needed to turn commitments made at the 1990 World Summit for Children into actions that improved the lives of children and families. It is also about the leadership that is necessary now and into the future in order to ensure the right of every child to live in peace, health and dignity.
 
Statistical Data
  "Select a country below to see the statistical data, either by selecting a region from the map, and choosing from a list of countries in the region, or by choosing from the long list of countries."