Kofi Annan, secretary - general of the United Nations, mentioned some of the major problems children face today when he wrote: “Millions of children continue to endure the dreadful indignities of poverty; hundreds of thousands suffer the effects of conflict and economic chaos; tens of thousands are maimed in wars; many more are orphaned or killed by HIV / AIDS. ”
עשרות אלפים נפצעים במלחמות. ועוד רבים אחרים מתייתמים או מתים בעטיים של HIV / איידס ” .‏