1,400 children were killed in Yemen in March 2015

Nearly 1,400 children have been killed in Yemen while 2,000 schools have been shut off since the war in the country escalated, in March 2015, he said today in Sana'a representative of the United Nations Fund for Childhood (UNICEF).

"The escalation of the conflict, the United Nations were able to verify that almost 1,400 children were killed and over 2,140 injured," said the press the UNICEF Representative in Yemen, the Maritsel Relanio.

While "almost 2,000 schools in Yemen can no longer work because destroyed, or damaged, or exploited for accommodating displaced families, or used for military purposes," she continued.

The Relanio said the UN confirmed that a child was killed and four others were injured on Tuesday in an airplane bombing near a school. "Schools ought to be places of peace, shelters where children learn, grow, play, are safe," said the representative of UNICEF.

She reiterated the call by the Fund to all parties to the conflict and to all those who can influence the rival camps to look to "protect children and stop the attacks on school infrastructure".

Moreover, Relanio called on warring parties to facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid and to stop recruiting children. According to her, the war taking place 1,363 children who have joined the ranks of rival powers.

The UNICEF Representative said that 2016 offered by this organization medical assistance to over one million children under five and over 500,000 expectant or nursing mothers, "despite the difficult situation on the ground."

Moreover, UNICEF has contributed to a vaccination campaign against polio which reached nearly five million children, while providing care to other 237,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition.

UNICEF is planning to increase this number to 320,000 children in 2017 and to provide medical care to 1.3 million. Children.