Carol Bellamy Quotes

Without an immediate cessation in hostilities and a massive humanitarian response, I fear that ... large numbers of Angola's children will perish. - Carol Bellamy

Whatever the exact numbers, the scale and persistence of the problem of child-headed households in Rwanda is daunting, ... The plight of these children is not only heartbreaking and unacceptable -- it raises deeply troubling questions about the long-term prospects for the country's recovery. - Carol Bellamy

We still have to learn the lesson of the grip poverty has. - Carol Bellamy

We stand at an historic moment in the struggle to end the anguish that these weapons have already inflicted on tens of thousands of the world's children, their families and their communities. - Carol Bellamy

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation. - Carol Bellamy

Vast numbers of people are still in torment in Rwanda, ... But few remain as vulnerable as the children living in parentless households. They are the most marginalized of the poor in an area of almost unimaginable suffering and want. - Carol Bellamy

Until we stand up and first of all shine the light on it, until we identify the countries where it's happening, until women feel they can be protected enough to speak out, which they do not feel -- women and girls -- these days, we're not going to be able to do very much. - Carol Bellamy

UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists. - Carol Bellamy

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