Hazel De Wet
@HazelDeWet
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Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Programmes, @unicef
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined August 2023
Last month over 100 countries met in Siem Reap, Cambodia, adopting a 5-year Action Plan for a mine-free world. No antipersonnel landmine—no matter the technology—can distinguish between a soldier and a child. Let’s unite for a Mine-Free World! https://t.co/n4Kprt58PJ
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Global Humanitarian Overview launch: all about the humanitarian needs and how to respond to the numerous crises around our planet. You can still watch this flagship event here: https://t.co/PYPL4UksKM
#InvestInHumanity @UNOCHA
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"Upholding International Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflict" - On 4 December 2024, the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2025 will be launched in Geneva, Switzerland, Kuwait City, in partnership...
📢 Happening today: Launch of the 2025 Global Humanitarian Overview! Connect LIVE to find out about humanitarian needs worldwide & how to respond to them. Watch: https://t.co/njsTn4b4Pr
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The extensive dialogue to keep our planet healthy and sustainable has ended with a financial agreement that can contribute to protecting children's well-being. #COP29
UNICEF is ready to work with governments, partners and the private sector to ensure that the new $300B climate finance target agreed at #COP29 today is met. The world's 2.4B children need climate action to save their future. https://t.co/QHsiPafzRE
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The number of children recruited by armed groups in #Haiti increased by 70 per cent in the last year. A context of escalating violence, pervasive poverty, lack of education, and near collapse of critical infrastructure and social services is fueling the crises.
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✨ While every child deserves a bright future, 6 million children in Myanmar now need humanitarian assistance. Look at what UNICEF is doing to build together as we try hard to deliver #ForEveryChild in #Myanmar #UNICEF #ChildRights @UNICEFMyanmar
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Many thanks @HazelDeWet for your inspiring and insightful remarks on the way forward to "stop the war on children". Our collective commitment is more needed than ever. Children living in conflict want peace. @ReddBarna
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Stop the war on children - Pathways to Peace. Yesterday, at the @save_children report launch, I stressed the importance of investing in three things: protecting children's Policies, People, and Advocacy. Thank you @michelanglade partners and allies.
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Children's rights are human rights✊ Children have the right to survive, learn, & be protected. This #WorldChildrensDay, we will continue the work we started over 100 years ago. We won't stop until children’s rights are respected, supported, & protected globally❤️
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Our latest State of the World's Children report is a call to action for all who have a stake in our collective future. It urges us to look beyond the present, anticipate upcoming challenges and opportunities and act now to secure a better world #ForEveryChild. Learn more to
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It's #WorldChildrensDay. We invited children & young people to share their hopes & dreams for a polio-free future. Today, we invite adults to listen to the future. Let’s #EndPolio for good. #ForEveryChild @UNICEF_Pakistan @UNICEFMada @unicefsomalia @UNICEFNigeria @PakFightsPolio
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Stop the war on children - Pathways to Peace. Yesterday, at the @save_children report launch, I stressed the importance of investing in three things: protecting children's Policies, People, and Advocacy. Thank you @michelanglade partners and allies.
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We join forces for #Lebanon at the Monthly Member States Briefing, org. By @UNOCHA today. The armed conflict in #Lebanon and across the region is getting worse, and children are being killed, injured, and displaced from their homes in the hundreds of thousands. They face growing
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Join the panel discussion at #AidEx "Lifesaving or saving lives". With limited funds available and more people needing humanitarian assistance, what services do you prioritise? Is our priority "Lifesaving", or is it about saving lives? Or about dignity? Unpacking the concepts and
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The Annual Meeting continues today with GB Ambassadors @MKoehlerEU and Manuel Bessler sharing key outcomes from yesterday’s discussions with the Principals!
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The Grand Bargain Annual Meeting has kicked off! @JemilahMahmood set the scene yesterday by sharing current sector trends and urged Signatories to identify the top three collective priorities!
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On our planet, 733 million people experience hunger every day, and many of them are children. Crises are the main drivers, but food assistance can and does save lives. To mark this #WorldFoodDay, we call for safe access to assistance to ensure food reaches everyone in need,
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#Sahel, a forgotten crisis where 24.4M children need humanitarian aid, bearing the burden of the escalating conflict in the region. Join us in protecting the rights of #EveryChild! 📷 Watch Goodwill Ambassador Smarty's video in Burkina Faso. @unicefmali @UNICEF_Burkina
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I had the honor of engaging with the @UNICEF Deputy Director in Geneva to express my heartfelt appreciation for their unwavering support to Somalia, particularly Jubaland. Their commitment to improving the lives of communities in our region is invaluable. @unicefsomalia
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A #humanitarian pause enabled the successful two rounds of polio vaccination campaigns in the State of Palestine, thanks to @UNICEF, @WHO, and @UNRWA and every piece of the puzzle that made this happen. UNICEF continues to advocate for a ceasefire and is committed to standing
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