Press Releases
Children Fleeing War In Ukraine At Heightened Risk of Trafficking And Exploitation
03/21/2022
NEW YORK (March 21, 2022) – Children fleeing war in Ukraine are at heightened risk of human trafficking and exploitation, UNICEF warned today. Traffickers often seek to exploit the chaos of largescale...
UNICEF Sends Additional Life-Saving Supplies for Ukraine Response
03/18/2022
NEW YORK (March 18, 2022) – As of March 17th 2022, UNICEF has dispatched 85 trucks carrying 858 tons of emergency supplies to support children and families in war-torn Ukraine and neighboring...
Yemen: Acute Hunger at Unprecedented Levels as Funding Dries Up
03/14/2022
NEW YORK (March 14, 2022) - Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the...
Additional UNICEF Supplies on Their Way to Ukraine as Number of Child Refugees Exceeds 1 Million Mark
03/10/2022
NEW YORK (March 10, 2022) – More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, UNICEF said today. Most have fled with their families to Poland, Hungary...
First Shipment of UNICEF Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Ukraine as Conflict Escalates
03/05/2022
NEW YORK, 5 March 2022 – The first batch of UNICEF humanitarian supplies has arrived today in Lviv, western Ukraine, from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen. It is part of a six...
One Week into Conflict in Ukraine, Half a Million Children Become Refugees - UNICEF
03/03/2022
NEW YORK (March 3, 2022) – The conflict in Ukraine, now in its second week, is exacting a harrowing toll on children, UNICEF warned today. Millions of children could be caught up in the violence as...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Remarks At The Joint Launch Of The Humanitarian Flash Appeal And Regional Refugee Response Plan, Ukraine
03/01/2022
NEW YORK (March 1, 2022) – "The situation facing children and families caught up in the escalating conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. "The fighting is moving closer to civilian populations...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Calling For A Suspension Of Hostilities To Carry Out Urgent Humanitarian Action In Ukraine
02/28/2022
NEW YORK (February 28, 2022) – “The situation for children caught up in the conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. “We are receiving reports of hospitals, schools, water and sanitation...
The International Community And The De Facto Authorities Must Find Ways To Work Together – For The Sake Of The Children Of Afghanistan
02/25/2022
NEW YORK (February 25, 2022) – “Decades of conflict, a devastating drought, a collapsing economy and the impact of international sanctions are causing irreparable damage to the children of Afghanistan...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine
02/24/2022
NEW YORK (February 24, 2022) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. Heavy...