UNICEF's call to raise $2.8 billion to help 43 million children suffering because of human crises worldwide and allocating the largest portion of this aid for education is a must in the 21st century that has been afflicted by many threats, wars and human disasters, which makes these funds a necessity to protect entire populations in many countries worldwide.





Allocating one quarter of these donations for child education in afflicted areas, and the fact the total number of children of school age who live in those areas went from 4.9 million at the beginning of last year to 8.7 million by the beginning of this year is something of great significance, as five million Syrian children already lack schooling opportunities inside and outside Syria.





This cause is important, especially since the world's attention is now diverted from the Syrians' and other people's true needs, as the world is too busy with wars going on in various locations. Focusing on education is vital to save those children's lives because it gives them the opportunity to receive education, avoid war threats, ensure the continuity of their learning and gives them hope for a better future. What we protect and enhance today in the little minds of those children will surely be tomorrow's harvest!





Today's call is three times what the UNICEF called for three years ago when it decided that one out of each nine children lives in a war-stricken area worldwide, which calls the parties fighting to reconsider and seek other means to settle their conflicts and disputes other than war, destruction and bloodshed.





On the one hand, major countries have to be up to their responsibilities for not asking various countries not to use WMDs or suchlike because by such demands, they, directly or indirectly, play an effective role in keeping such wars going on.





West-West, West-Orient, Orient-West and Orient-Orient competitions in this regard has surely paralyzed the entire world including all countries following any of the major players - countries that no longer know who holds the effective cards in a very vague game and in view of unclear roadmaps. Disagreement, disputes and envy may have also reached major players' administrations and each is striving to qualify for the final match.





We are in dire international need to dedicate all efforts to international peace and security without delaying any of the efforts exerted by international organizations to activate and revive many international treaties and conventions including an international judiciary system that would reduce all sorts of international conflicts to give all people everywhere real chances to live in true peace.



By Labeed Abdal

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