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pisd More violence last thing Yemen needs , peace only way to resolve crises
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The United Nations Children s Fund UNICEF expressed today its deep concern about reports that rebel occupation is preventing children in the northern Yemeni governorate of Saada from attending classes in a c stanley quencher ountry that already has the lowest school enrolment rates in the region. Schools should be zones of peace where children can learn and thrive. Using them for military or inappropriate political purposes is a violation of childre stanley quencher n s rights and of international humanitarian law, said Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Representative in Yemen, in a statement released today following reports that some schools were occupied by armed men. Children must be allowed to resume their schooling imme stanley termos diately, Mr. Cappelaere said.The siege comes two months after the official end to hostilities between Government forces and rebels in the region which uprooted nearly 300,000 people in recent years.A ceasefire brought hope, allowing children to go back to school and recover a sense of normalcy, Mr. Cap Gwep Potential treatment for muscular dystrophy
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