Press Releases

NEW YORK (December 21, 2021) – After Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on December 16, the needs of children and families in affected areas are...

NEW YORK (December 10, 2021) – UNICEF welcomes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ announcement today that Catherine M. Russell will succeed Henrietta H. Fore as UNICEF Executive...

NEW YORK (December 9, 2021) – COVID-19 has affected children at an unprecedented scale, making it the worst crisis for children UNICEF has seen in its 75-year history, the United Nations Children’s...

NEW YORK (December 8, 2021) – Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children - living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province of Ituri in the...

NEW YORK (December 7, 2021) – UNICEF launched today a record $9.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 327 million people – including 177 million children – affected by humanitarian...

NEW YORK (December 6, 2021) – “I am pleased to announce that UNICEF and WHO, in partnership with Gavi, have asked Ted Chaiban, currently UNICEF Regional Director, Middle East and North Africa, to...

NEW YORK (December 6, 2021) - This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 percent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19...

NEW YORK (November 29, 2021) – At least 310,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, or one child every two minutes, UNICEF said in a report released today. Another 120,000 children died...

NEW YORK / BEIRUT ( November 23, 2021) ­- With no sign of a let-up in Lebanon’s crisis, the impact on children is progressively worsening, with a new poll showing an increase in the number of children...

NEW YORK /GENEVA (November 23, 2021) - "West and Central Africa has recorded the highest number of children recruited and used by armed forces and armed groups. This amounts to more than 42,000...