Press Releases
UNICEF and Microsoft launch global learning platform to help address COVID-19 education crisis
04/20/2020
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. today announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home. The...
As COVID-19 Pandemic Continues, Forcibly Displaced Children Need More Support Than Ever
04/20/2020
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – “ Millions of children around the world have been driven from their homes and across borders by conflict, violence and other forms of harm – including 12.7 million refugees...
Between A Rock And A Hard Place: COVID-19 Doubles The Burden For Millions Of Children In The Middle East And North Africa Region
04/20/2020
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues to spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa region with over 105,419 cases and 5,699 associated deaths . Iran...
COVID-19: Global Ceasefire Would Be A Game Changer For 250 Million Children Living In Conflict-Affected Areas
04/17/2020
NEW YORK (April 17, 2020) – “Today there are 250 million children around the world living in areas under conflict. Each of these children needs warring parties to heed the call of the UN Secretary...
UN Agencies Welcome First Relocation Of Unaccompanied Children From Greece
04/15/2020
NEW YORK (April 15, 2020) – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum...
Children At Increased Risk Of Harm Online During Global COVID-19 Pandemic - UNICEF
04/15/2020
NEW YORK (April 15, 2020) – Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partners said today. “The...
Children In Detention Are At Heightened Risk Of Contracting COVID-19 And Should Be Released
04/13/2020
NEW YORK (April 13, 2020) – “Hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19. “Many are being held in confined and...
Don’t Let Children Be The Hidden Victims Of COVID-19 Pandemic—UNICEF
04/09/2020
NEW YORK (April 9, 2020) – “The world is currently united in a shared struggle against an invisible enemy. But while our eyes are firmly focused on how to avoid or treat COVID-19, the serious...
UNICEF: Urgent need to secure learning for children across South Asia
04/06/2020
KATHMANDU / NEW YORK (April 6, 2020) – Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the region had a chronic education crisis with 95 million children of school age being out of school. With the current COVID-19...
WHO and UNICEF to partner on pandemic response through COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
04/03/2020
NEW YORK / GENEVA / WASHINGTON D.C. (April 3, 2020) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19...