The State of the World's Children 1996

The State of the World's Children is an annual publication which highlights the problems faced by children, provides information for the world's policy makers and fund holders, and puts forward strategies for improvement and suggestions for attainable goals.

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UNICEF's 1996 State of the World's Children report, marking the organization's 50th anniversary, examines the plight of children caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts or propelled into the savagery as combatants. It also reflects on the long-term toll taken on the young by wars fought most frequently in impoverished societies least able to rebuild shattered economies and lives. This report, a celebrated voice which highlights the pressing problems of children and offers solutions to them, is one of the best known and most widely read of all United Nations publications. It is published annually in some 40 languages and distributed to readers and the media in over 150 countriee at the end of December each year.