Press Releases

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...

NEW YORK (November 12, 2021) – “I am deeply concerned by reports that child marriage in Afghanistan is on the rise. “We have received credible reports of families offering daughters as young as 20...