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More than four million children have been impacted by extreme violence in Iraq, many robbed of their childhood and forced to fight on the frontlines, says the United Nations Children’s Fund.

In his message for the New Year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for unity among the global community to tackle overwhelming challenges and defend values shared by all.

Oxfam says, “escalated violence is impeding our life saving operations as our staff take shelter from shelling. The international community urgently needs to put pressure all sides to end this horror in Yemen and bring immediate relief."

The head of the United Nations refugee agency has urged global leaders to find political solutions to the world's conflicts, if the swelling numbers of forcibly displaced people are ever to return home.