Press Releases

NEW YORK (JUNE 11, 2021) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the dramatic...

NEW YORK (JUNE 11, 2021) – The number of children in child labor has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the...

NEW YORK (JUNE 9, 2021) – "Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. "The last 18 months have provided a dramatic reminder of the importance of making vaccinations available to all, as the main...

NEW YORK (JUNE 8, 2021) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Whoopi Goldberg, Angélique Kidjo, and Liam Neeson have joined an extraordinary...

NEW YORK (June 7, 2021) – UNICEF is urgently working to restore water supply to 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children - in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of...

NEW YORK (June 4, 2021) – UNICEF continues its emergency support to India’s COVID-19 pandemic response by providing additional lifesaving supplies. The first nine of 26 oxygen plants are being...

NEW YORK (June 4, 2021) – UNICEF’s global procurement and supply operations grew by 17 percent in 2020 to reach a record $4.468 billion, underscoring the organization’s role in supporting governments’...

NEW YORK (June 2, 2021) – UNICEF has signed a long-term agreement with Moderna for the supply of COVID-19 vaccine on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with...

NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – “The magnitude and gravity of child rights violations taking place across Tigray show no sign of abating, nearly seven months since fighting broke out in northern Ethiopia....

NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – The number of children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Haiti could more than double this year, warned UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and...