Press Releases
Lebanon: Escalating Crisis Puts Children At Risk As The Majority Of Families Cannot Afford To Meet The Basic Needs Of Their Children
07/07/2021
NEW YORK (July 7, 2021) – Children in Lebanon are bearing the brunt of one of the world’s worst economic collapses in recent times [1] , according to a survey released by UNICEF today. A series of...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Impact Of The Humanitarian Crisis In South Sudan On Children And Their Rights, Ahead Of The Tenth Anniversary Of South Sudan's Independence
07/06/2021
NEW YORK (July 6, 2021) – Christine Saida, UNICEF South Sudan Child Reporter: "My name is Christine Saida. I am 17 years old. I have been a UNICEF Child Reporter in South Sudan for two years. The...
2.5 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Supplied Through COVAX Start Being Rolled Out In Pakistan
07/04/2021
NEW YORK (July 4, 2021) – Today 2.5 million doses of Moderna (mRNA-1273) COVID-19 vaccines supplied through the COVAX Facility’s dose-sharing mechanism, and donated by the United States, started being...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On Obstruction Of UNICEF Humanitarian Action In Mekele, Ethiopia
06/28/2021
NEW YORK (June 28, 2021) – “Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces entered our office in Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia today and dismantled our VSAT equipment. “This act violates UN privileges...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The Open Debate Of The Security Council On Children And Armed Conflict
06/28/2021
NEW YORK (June 28, 2021) – "President Kaljulaid, Secretary-General Guterres, excellencies and colleagues. "UNICEF thanks President Kaljulaid for convening this debate — and for Estonia’s continued...
Statement on U.S. Donation of 1.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Honduras
06/28/2021
PANAMA CITY (June 27, 2021) – UNICEF welcomes the first United States Government donation of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX’s dose-sharing mechanism, arriving today in Honduras, and calls for more...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note on the Worsening Situation in Sub Saharan Africa as a Result of Secondary Impacts of COVID-19
06/25/2021
GENEVA (June 25, 2021) – Sub-Saharan Africa is in the throes of a deadly uptake in COVID-19. At the present rate of infections, the current surge will exceed the previous one within weeks. As more...
Statement On The Renewal Of Humanitarian Lifeline To Millions Of People In North-West Syria
06/21/2021
NEW YORK (June 21, 2021) – " Millions of people are pressed up against the border in an active war zone in north-west Syria and remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive. The UN needs cross-border...
Introduction of the Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings (MINDS) Act is a Critical Step for U.S. Foreign Aid
06/18/2021
WASHINGTON (June 18, 2021)—Humanitarian and development organizations are celebrating yesterday’s introduction of the Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings (MINDS) Act...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Situation Of Children In Tigray
06/15/2021
NEW YORK (JUNE 15, 2021) – "I would like to start by reading three paragraphs from a statement just out from UNICEF’s executive director: “At least 33,000 children in inaccessible parts of Tigray...