Press Releases
UNICEF Deeply Concerned About Instrumentalization And Pushbacks Of Children On Europe’s Borders
11/15/2021
NEW YORK (November 15, 2021) – “I am deeply concerned about the dire situation facing migrant and asylum-seeking children in Europe and at its borders. “Reports of children living in appalling...
Girls Increasingly At Risk Of Child Marriage In Afghanistan
11/12/2021
NEW YORK (November 12, 2021) – “I am deeply concerned by reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise. “We have received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20...
Global Progress Against Measles Threatened Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
11/11/2021
NEW YORK (November 11, 2021) – While reported measles cases have fallen compared to previous years, progress toward measles elimination continues to decline and the risk of outbreaks is mounting...
New Report Outlines Best Practices For A Broader, More Effective, And Strategic Approach To Protecting Children Affected By Conflict
11/02/2021
NEW YORK (November 2, 2021) – The Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) and UNICEF released a new report , as part of the United Nations’...
New ACT-Accelerator Strategy Calls For $ 23.4 Billion International Investment To Solve Inequities In Global Access To COVID-19 Vaccines, Tests & Treatments
11/02/2021
NEW YORK (November 2, 2021) New ACT-Accelerator strategic plan sets out urgent actions to address crucial gaps in access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccines and personal protective equipment in...
Wonderama and Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Successfully Celebrated the Biggest Halloween Parade in History
10/31/2021
NEW YORK (October 31, 2021) – Wonderama “added meaning to Halloween-ing” during the “Biggest Halloween Parade in History” that took place in New York City’s Times Square on October 30 th , 2021 to...
At Least 200 Million Schoolchildren Live In Countries That Remain Unprepared To Deploy Remote Learning In Future Emergency School Closures – UNICEF
10/28/2021
NEW YORK (October 28, 2021) – At least 200 million schoolchildren live in 31 low- and middle-income countries that remain unprepared to deploy remote learning in future emergency school closures...
Urgent Action Needed Now To Ensure Sufficient COVID Vaccine Syringe Supply To Meet 2022 Vaccination Targets
10/28/2021
NEW YORK (October 28, 2021) – “Without action now, the world could face a serious shortage of COVID vaccine syringes by the end of 2022, with potentially dire consequences for the global effort to...
G20 Members Have Received 15 Times More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Per Capita Than Sub-Saharan African Countries
10/27/2021
NEW YORK (October 27, 2021) – G20 countries have received 15 times more COVID-19 vaccine doses per capita than countries in sub-Saharan Africa*, according to a new analysis. The analysis, conducted by...
Haiti: Insecurity-Triggered Fuel Shortage Threatens Newborns’ Lives In Hospitals
10/25/2021
NEW YORK (October 25, 2021) – Hundreds of women and children who seek emergency care in health facilities are at risk of dying if solutions are not found to the fuel shortage prevailing in Haiti for...