New York Advocacy Office
Save the Children’s New York Advocacy Office advocates at the United Nations to protect and promote children’s rights. We engage with UN Member States, UN Security Council Members, UN Secretariat, UN Agencies, and other key stakeholders on humanitarian and development issues. We work on Save the Children’s priority areas of child survival, education, protection, the 2030 Agenda, as well as humanitarian crises.
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Save the Children’s New York Advocacy Office (NYAO)
777 United Nations Plaza #3A,
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NY 10017,
United States
LATEST NEWS
Super El Niño threatens to push 8 million children into acute hunger across East and Southern Africa by early 2027 – Save the Children
About 8 million children across East and Southern Africa could face acute hunger by early 2027, a rise of 30%, as one of the strongest El Nino weather events in recent years fuels a growing food crisis, according to new analysis by Save the Children.
21 Sep 2026
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World spends more on fossil fuel subsidies every 3 days than amount needed to educate 750 million children
Annually, governments worldwide spend about US$725 billion on direct fossil fuel subsidies - 145X more than the US$5 billion needed to support education across 96 countries.
21 Sep 2026
Protecting Children Before Recruitment Begins: Lessons from South Sudan and Somalia
Children should be protected before recruitment begins.
Across conflict-affected communities, children face risks that can fundamentally change the course of their lives. Poverty, insecurity, displacement, disrupted education, family separation and limited opportunities can leave children increasingly vulnerable to recruitment and use by armed forces and armed groups.
A new research publication, Preventing the Recruitment and Use of Children: An Analysis of the Barriers to Implementing Select Vancouver Principles in South Sudan and Somalia, examines these challenges and asks an important question: What will it take to prevent children from being recruited in the first place?
The study looks at the implementation of selected Vancouver Principles in South Sudan and Somalia, two countries where children continue to experience the devastating consequences of armed conflict.