Press Releases
Fifteen Times More Children Crossing The Panama Jungle Towards The USA In The Last Four Years
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – The number of children migrating up north through the dangerous Darien rainforest between Colombia and Panama has increased more than fifteen-fold in the last four years...
Brutal Violence By Security Forces In Myanmar Leaves Dozens Dead, Including Multiple Children
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – “An 11-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, two 13-year-old boys, a 13-year-old girl, three 16-year-old boys and two seventeen-year old boys, all reportedly shot and killed...
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The Security Council Briefing On The Humanitarian Situation In Syria
03/29/2021
NEW YORK (March 29, 2021) – "Council members — this year marks an anniversary no one wanted to see: the 10 th year of the Syria crisis. "Homes, hospitals, schools and water systems destroyed. "An...
New Global Tracker To Measure Pandemic’s Impact On Education Worldwide
03/26/2021
NEW YORK (March 26, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On The Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camps In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
03/26/2021
NEW YORK (March 26, 2021) – “UNICEF offers its deepest condolences to the families of Rohingya refugees killed and injured by the fire in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, as well as to the 50,000 refugees –...
114 Million Children Still Out Of The Classroom In Latin America And The Caribbean
03/26/2021
NEW YORK (March 26, 2021) – Total and partial school closures in Latin America and the Caribbean currently leave about 114 million students without face-to-face schooling according to UNICEF’s latest...
Two Children Killed In Al-Hol Camp In Syria
03/24/2021
NEW YORK (March 24, 2021) – “UNICEF received reports of a 15-year-old boy killed in the Al-Hol camp in an act of violence yesterday. Two weeks ago, another boy, 16 years old, was shot dead. “The...
Niger: Attacks On Children And Families Must Stop, Once And For All
03/24/2021
NEW YORK (March 24, 2021) – "UNICEF is deeply shocked and outraged by the terrible attacks directed against families and children and perpetrated by unidentified armed groups in the villages of...
Arrival Of First Wave Consignment Of COVAX COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To The State Of Palestine
03/22/2021
NEW YORK (March 22, 2021) – On March 17, the State of Palestine received the first shipment of 37,440 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and 24,000 doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine from...
Devastating Fire Displaces Thousands In Rohingya Refugee Camps In Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
03/22/2021
NEW YORK (March 22, 2021) – “UNICEF expresses its deepest sympathy to the Rohingya refugees affected by the fire in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The fire has already caused enormous...