Press Releases
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The Ministerial Roundtable Meeting On The Humanitarian Situation In The Central Sahel Region
10/20/2020
NEW YORK (October 20, 2020) – " On behalf of everyone at UNICEF and our cluster partners, we welcome the chance to shine a light on this silent crisis unfolding before our eyes. "As we speak, 7.2...
1 In 6 Children Lives In Extreme Poverty, World Bank-UNICEF Analysis Shows
10/20/2020
NEW YORK (October 20, 2020) – An estimated 1 in 6 children – or 356 million globally – lived in extreme poverty before the pandemic, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World...
UNICEF To Stockpile Over Half A Billion Syringes By Year End, As Part Of Efforts To Prepare For Eventual COVID-19 Vaccinations
10/19/2020
NEW YORK (October 19, 2020) – As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, UNICEF has begun laying the groundwork for the rapid, safe and efficient delivery of the eventual vaccine by purchasing and pre...
One Stillbirth Occurs Every 16 Seconds, According To First Ever Joint UN Estimates
10/08/2020
NEW YORK (October 8, 2020) – Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health...
UN Agencies Launch “Learning Is Back,” A Song On Return To Learning In The Middle East And North Africa
10/08/2020
NEW YORK (October 8, 2020) – UN Agencies in the region unveiled today “Rej’et El Sineh” [‘Learning is Back’], a song to encourage the return to learning for all children and youth across the region...
Only 1 In 3 Countries Have Re-Opened Schools In West And Central Africa
10/07/2020
NEW YORK (October 7, 2020) – UNICEF calls on Ministries of Education and Finance today to prioritize education in their COVID-19 recovery plans to reduce the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on...
UNICEF Statement On The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
10/06/2020
NEW YORK (October 6, 2020) – It is now 10 days since violence escalated dramatically in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. There are already reports of four children killed and seven injured, and...
Unrelenting Violence Continues To Impact Children In Ituri, Eastern DRC
10/06/2020
NEW YORK (October 6, 2020) – UNICEF continues to be deeply concerned about thousands of children at risk amid unrelenting violence in Ituri, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Children...
On The Occasion Of World Teachers’ Day, ECW, GPE, UNESCO & UNICEF Call For The Resumption Of Salary Payments For Teachers For The Coming School Year In Yemen
10/05/2020
NEW YORK (October 5, 2020) – This World Teachers’ Day, celebrated under the theme, “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”, the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait...
Statement By Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF Executive Director At The High-Level Side Event On The ACT-Accelerator At The 75th Session Of UN General Assembly
09/30/2020
NEW YORK (September 30, 2020) – "UNICEF is proud to be part of this historic initiative. “Three decades ago, we led the universal child immunization initiative. “Today, with our partners — and thanks...