13 children out of every 10,000 aged less than five die in the Somalia famine zone every day.
"This means that 10 per cent of children under five are dying every 11 weeks. These figures are truly heart wrenching," The UN representative to Somalia Augustine Mahiga told the UN Security Council.
"We have not yet seen the peak of the crisis as further deterioration is considered likely," Deputy UN emergency relief coordinator Catherine Bragg said.
Bragg said more than 1.2 Somali children are in dire need of assistance. She warned that tens of thousands of more children will die if aid is not provided.
The United States has estimated that more than 29,000 kids under the age of five have starved to death in southern Somalia in the past three months.
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