Press Releases
Central African Republic: Nearly 370,000 Children Now Internally Displaced Amidst Ongoing Violence – Highest Number Since 2014
04/28/2021
NEW YORK (April 28, 2021) – An estimated 738,000 people, half of whom are children, are now internally displaced across the Central African Republic (CAR) as a result of ongoing violence and...
Recent Surge In Violence In DRC’s Ituri Province Worsening Already Desperate Situation For Children – UNICEF
04/26/2021
NEW YORK (April 26, 2021) – A recent surge in armed and inter-community violence in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is worsening the plight of children, with...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The One-Year Anniversary Of The Access To COVID-19 Tools Accelerator
04/23/2021
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – "UNICEF is proud to be part of the ACT-Accelerator and COVAX. "We’re applying our experience as the largest single vaccine buyer in the world. We’re working with...
COVID-19 Continues To Disrupt Essential Health Services In 90 Percent Of Countries
04/23/2021
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – The second round of a World Health Organization “pulse survey“ reveals that over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, substantial disruptions persist, with about 90% of...
Syria Receives Its First Delivery Of COVID-19 Vaccines Through The COVAX Facility
04/23/2021
NEW YORK (April 23, 2021) – “Syria received 256,800 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVAX delivery of vaccines to reach the war-torn country. This delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines (from the...
UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta Fore's Remarks at Virtual Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
04/21/2021
NEW YORK (April 21, 2021) – "Excellencies. Thank you for focusing on this important issue — one that affects hundreds of thousands of people on the move across the northern triangle countries of...
A Message from UNICEF USA President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis on Children and Racial Justice
04/20/2021
In the wake of the verdict of the trial for the murder of George Floyd, UNICEF USA remains deeply concerned about well-documented harmful consequences of systemic racism on Black, Indigenous and other...
Nine Times More Migrant Children In Mexico Over The Past Three Months - UNICEF
04/19/2021
NEW YORK (April 19, 2021) – Since the start of 2021, the number of migrant children reported in Mexico has increased sharply from 380 to nearly 3,500, announced Jean Gough, UNICEF Regional Director...
UNICEF Provides Humanitarian Assistance To Almost 5,000 Children Affected By Volcano Eruption In St Vincent
04/12/2021
NEW YORK (April 11, 2021) – Between 16,000 and 20,000 people, including children, have been evacuated due to the eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines last Friday...
We Need Speed And Simplicity To Remove Barriers To The Acquisition, Manufacture And Distribution Of COVID-19 Vaccines Globally
04/07/2021
NEW YORK (April 7, 2021) – “In a little over a year, the world’s scientists, businesses, governments, philanthropists and multilateral institutions rallied and did the unthinkable: They created...