UN official urges Iraq to do more for children
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The Iraqi government should spend more of its budget on basic services such as education and clean water to help children who are facing an "intolerable" situation, a UN official said on Wednesday.
"The situation is quite intolerable for children," Radhika Coomaraswamy, special representative of the UN secretary-general for children and armed conflict, told a news conference at UN headquarters. She said the percentage of children attending school had fallen from around 80 percent in 2005 to just 53 percent now. (Reuters)
