Press Releases

NEW YORK (February 1, 2022) – Catherine Russell took office today as UNICEF's new Executive Director, becoming the fourth woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history. "It is an honor and a...

NEW YORK (January 31, 2022) – “As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues its spread all over the world, we urge governments to do everything in their power to keep it from further disrupting...

NEW YORK (January 27, 2022) – “We have received deeply worrisome reports of fatalities among children in the Ghwayran military detention facility, in al-Hasakah, northeast Syria. We are also deeply...

NEW YORK (January 27, 2022) – UNICEF is deploying staff and preparing medical and nutrition supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene kits, as well as setting up temporary learning spaces to support...

NEW YORK (January 24, 2022) – “Intensifying violence in the city of Al Hasakah, related to the “Ghwayran ” prison break attempt last Thursday, has put at serious risk the safety of nearly 850 children...

NEW YORK (January 24, 2022) – More than 616 million students remain affected by full or partial school closures. On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year...

NEW YORK (January 18, 2022) – UNICEF has signed several long-term agreements (LTA) with suppliers for the procurement of the new antiviral medicine Molnupiravir. UNICEF procurement of Molnupiravir is...

NEW YORK (January 18, 2022) – UNICEF Pacific is ready to work together with the government of Tonga and its partners to ensure urgent life-saving support is provided to families and children in the...

NEW YORK (January 12, 2022) – “UNICEF is deeply saddened by the killing of eight children in the Lal Pur District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, yesterday, when an explosive remnant of war...

NEW YORK (January 9, 2022) – “UNICEF is outraged by the recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. “The January 5 and 7 attacks have...