Press Releases
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's Remarks At The UN Security Council Open Debate On Ensuring Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccines In Contexts Affected By Conflict And Insecurity
02/17/2021
NEW YORK (February 17, 2021) – " Excellencies. Fellow briefers. Secretary Raab — thank you for convening this debate. UNICEF appreciates the UK’s efforts to shine a light on the importance of...
Leading airlines commit to helping UNICEF in its historic mission of transporting COVID-19 vaccines around the world
02/16/2021
COPENHAGEN / NEW YORK (February 16, 2021) – UNICEF is today launching the Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Under this landmark initiative, over 10 leading airlines are signing agreements with...
“Children Have No Place In Armed Conflicts And The Abuse Must End Now”
02/12/2021
NEW YORK (February 12, 2021) – The grotesque use of children in armed conflict is a battery of child right violations and has no place in 2021, said UNICEF today. Children are forced to execute and...
Acute malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen in 2021: UN
02/12/2021
SANA’A / ADEN / ROME / NEW YORK / GENEVA (February 12, 2021) – Nearly 2.3 million children under the age of five in Yemen are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, four United Nations...
Children in Tigray in acute need of protection and assistance
02/12/2021
ADDIS ABABA / NAIROBI / GENEVA / NEW YORK (February 12, 2021) – As more supplies and emergency personnel reach crisis-affected people in Tigray, an incomplete but troubling picture is emerging of...
UNICEF signs supply agreement for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
02/11/2021
NEW YORK (February 11, 2021) – UNICEF announced today the signing of an agreement with Pfizer on behalf of the COVAX Facility for the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine through 2021...
UNICEF Deploys Staff, Medical Equipment And Supplies In Response To New Ebola Case In Eastern DRC
02/10/2021
NEW YORK (February 10, 2021) – UNICEF is deploying additional staff and preparing to send medical equipment and supplies to North Kivu following the confirmation of a new case of Ebola in eastern DRC...
UN Reiterates Its Call For Demolitions To End And For International Law To Be Respected
02/10/2021
NEW YORK (February 10, 2021) – United Nations representatives met yesterday with the Palestinian Bedouin community of Humsa al Bqai’a, in the northern Jordan Valley of the West Bank. On February 1 and...
2 Million Additional Cases Of Female Genital Mutilation Likely To Occur Over Next Decade Due To COVID-19
02/10/2021
NEW YORK (February 10, 2021) – “Two million additional cases of female genital mutilation may occur over the next decade as COVID-19 shutters schools and disrupts programs that help protect girls from...
In The COVID-19 Vaccine Race, We Either Win Together Or Lose Together
02/10/2021
NEW YORK (February 10, 2021) – “Of the 128 million vaccine doses administered so far, more than three quarters of those vaccinations are in just 10 countries that account for 60% of global GDP. “As of...