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(MENAFN – Jordan Times) AMMAN – 614 babies were expected to be born in Jordan on New Year’s Day, according to UNICEF.
Globally, it was estimated that more than half of these births took place in 10 countries: India (59,995), China (35,615), Nigeria (21,439), Pakistan (14,161), Indonesia (12,336), Ethiopia (12,006), USA (10,312)), Egypt (9,455), Bangladesh (9,236) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (8,640), according to a UNICEF statement.
Jordanian babies would represent 0.16% of the estimated 371,504 babies expected to be born on New Year’s Day. Their average life expectancy is expected to be 86.3 years.
“This has been a difficult year for all of us, and there is perhaps no better way to turn the page than to welcome new lives of young people into the world,” said Tanya Chapuisat, UNICEF Representative in Jordan.
‘With the challenges of 2020 behind us and the opportunities of 2021 before us, now is the time to start building a better world. Children born today will inherit the world we began to build for them, today, ‘he added.
The year 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of UNICEF. Throughout the year, UNICEF and its partners will mark the anniversary with events and announcements that celebrate three-quarters of a century of protecting children from conflict, disease and exclusion and defending their right to survival, health and safety. education, the statement said.
“Today, as the world faces unprecedented challenges caused by the pandemic, the economic slowdown, increasing poverty and inequality, we are reminded that the need for UNICEF work is as great as ever,” it reads in the notice.
“There is no year more appropriate than this, the year of UNICEF’s 75th anniversary, to renew our commitment to each other and to the lives of the young people who will inherit the world we leave behind,” said Chapuisat.
“The year 2021 will be a critical year for children, but UNICEF’s three-quarters of a century of delivering results for children around the world is a testament to what we can achieve together,” Chapuisat said in the statement.
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