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Along with billions of people around the world—including millions of Nepalis—I was mesmerised by the magic of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe while watching the 2022 FIFA World Cup finale in Qatar. But another great player who constantly hovered in my heart and mind was my all-time favourite, the legendary Pelé of Brazil, battling for his life in a faraway hospital in Sao Paulo. Pelé, the King of football, passed away peacefully last week at 82. The outpouring of grief, adulation and nostalgia for him from people worldwide is a tribute to the unparalleled love and respect he commanded. Although Pele was not in Qatar for what has been dubbed the greatest FIFA World Cup ever, pictures of him in his famous number 10 shirt adorned the new, shining football stadiums in Doha with “get well soon” messages. Kul at signing of “UNICEF-FIFA Global Alliance for Children” with Carol Bellamy & Joseph Blatter flanked by Pele, Brandi Chastain, UNICEF GWA “James Bond” Roger Moore & UNICEF’s Sa

It was 55 years ago that those involved in the Nigerian civil war paused their hostilities to watch a much-anticipated football match starring Pele, the tenacious and graceful player for whom the United Nations holds a special affection as it recalls the time he was, very literally, a poster child in his home country, Brazil, for protecting infant health through breastfeeding. Read the original article on UN Insider By Ramu Damodaran The author is the first Director of  UN Academic Impact  and a Senior Fellow at the New Delhi-based  Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP ). As the UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kul Chandra Gautam recalls , “due to the aggressive marketing of baby milk formulas by private multinational companies, breastfeeding had declined dramatically to the point that in the 1980s only eight per cent of Brazilian mothers exclusively breastfed their babies during the first six months. UNICEF explored how best it could help reverse this dangerous trend.” That

  This list is according to how many times an article was read in 2022, and is taken from Google Analytics. The list does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editors as to the quality or importance of an article.  We invite our readers to share with us their own thoughts on which were 'The Best Articles of 2022'. Click here to enter and list your personal favorites. Remember that News & Views is YOUR publication and depends on you to share your own stories, photos, art, music, comments, and opinions.  XUNICEF and News & Views depend on YOU.    Most read article in 2022 A Massive Reorganization of UNICEF Hq Structure and Functions: To What End? by Nick Alipui, Alan Court, Kul Gautam and Tom McDermott - July 2, 2022 Most read Weekly Digest in 2022 XUNICEF Weekly Digest for 13 to 20 March 2022 Most read article in a column during 2022 Relocating the Jumble by Detlef Palm - July 7, 2022 Most read 'Where I Live' article in 2022 Our New Life in Spain by Osca

We hope that you enjoyed all our photo features contributed by XUNICEF members in 2022. These are only 10 of the many features we ran this year.  The list is according to the numbers of times each article was read.  It is not an indication of the opinion of the Editors. Please let us know your own favorites of 2022.  Just fill the form at the top of 'Our Most Read Articles of 2022' .   Click here to view the entire list of Feature articles in 2022 and revisit any that you missed or would like to read and view again. Our New Life in Spain by Oscar Fernandez and Susuan Csikos November 12, 2022 At Long Last, Time for Lunch by Patricia Moccia October 1, 2022 Operation Lifeline Sudan by Detlef Palm June 2, 2022 Lunae Montes - Journey to the Source of the Nile by Detlef Palm March 31, 2022 Top of Mexico by Detlef Palm November 19, 2022 At the Edge of the Bog by Detlef Palm  January 20, 2022 The Door to Hell and the Path to Health by Detlef Palm August 31, 2022 Beat the COVID D

We hope you enjoyed all the original artworks shared by XUNICEF artists in 2022. This list is according to the number of times each article was opened.  It does not represent the opinions of the Editors.  Let us know which works of art were your favorites by filling the form linked at the top of  'Our Most Read Articles in 2022'.     Click here to see the full set of artworks that appeared in our pages or use the label “Art” on the right sidebar of our webpages. My Life in Venice by Peter Delahaye* February 10, 2022 My Acrylic Paintings  by Franziska von Vietinghoff June 15, 2022 Cyanotype, Lithography and More by Gautam Banerji October 29,2022 Portraits from Ethiopia by George McBean November 26, 2022 Blue Storm by Peter Delahaye and Karin Hulshof April 13, 2022 Recent Additions to My Portrait Collection by George McBean May 19, 2022 Portraits by George McBean September 2, 2022 New Paintings by Mehr Khan Williams May 5, 2022 Gnarled Cherry Tree  by Mehr Khan Williams Au

 

Widespread distrust and refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being linked to a rising number of mothers choosing not to bring their children forward for other vaccinations. And as immunity levels decline in the most populous Pacific Island nation, it is only a matter of time before a devastating disease outbreak occurs, health experts say. Read the original on Al Jazeera The nation successfully held the COVID pandemic at bay with strict measures, including border closures, until March 2021 when cases began to surge . Now, PNG has recorded a total of 46,427 cases, including 909 in the past one and a half months. Yet the COVID vaccination rate in the large Pacific Island nation remains dramatically low at just 7 percent of the population for the first dose and 5 percent for the second dose. In comparison, Fiji’s COVID vaccine uptake is at 99 percent for the first and 89 percent for the second dose. Distrust of the COVID vaccine in PNG has spread to a general di

Image source, Mirrorpix/Getty Images By Will Grant BBC News, La Tinta, Guatemala It is a fact that even many die-hard Abba fans do not know. Despite selling millions of copies over more than four decades, their massive 1979 hit, Chiquitita, doesn't earn the Swedish supergroup a penny. "We gave the copyright to Unicef," its composer and founding member of Abba, Bjorn Ulvaeus, told the BBC. "A lot of money has come in over the years because Chiquitita has been played and streamed a lot, and lots of records have been sold. So, I'm very happy about that." Written for Unicef's Year of the Child, Chiquitita - which means "Little Girl" in Spanish - was also the first song Abba recorded in Spanish, becoming a huge success across Latin America. From the start, Bjorn Ulvaeus says the band was clear about what they wanted the royalties to be used for. "I think that the most urgent thing that can be done on this globe is the empowerment of young women

Image source, AdelaImage caption, Adela held her protest in front of the gate of Kabul University but it was stopped within 15 minutes By Noor Gul Shafaq Click here to read the original article BBC World Service "I did not feel any fear because I believed that my demand is just," said a defiant 18-year-old Afghan woman whose ambition to get a university degree has been frustrated by the Taliban's ban on women in higher education. Angered at the prospect of seeing her future disappear, the woman (whose name we have changed for her safety) staged an extraordinary solo protest in front of Kabul University, invoking words from the Quran. On Sunday 25 December, Adela stood in front of the entrance holding up a board with a particularly powerful word written on it in Arabic - iqra, or 'read'. Muslims believe this was the first word revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by God. "God has given us the right to education. We need to be afraid of God, not the Taliban who wa