Press Releases

NEW YORK (August 10, 2020) – "Everyone across the UNICEF family is shocked and saddened by last Tuesday’s explosions in Beirut. "As others have mentioned, the human toll so far is heartbreaking. "The...

NEW YORK (August 7, 2020) – We have some very preliminary numbers and findings from the assessments that are still underway. According to the last update on available figures, UNICEF estimates that up...

NEW YORK (August 6, 2020) – Some 80,000 children have been displaced by the Beirut explosions, according to UNICEF estimates, with families affected in desperate need of support. The explosions on...

NEW YORK (August 5, 2020) – “UNICEF is saddened at the loss of life following the horrific explosions in Lebanon. “According to latest reports, the death toll could be as high as 100 with 4,000...

NEW YORK (August 3, 2020) – Across Central America and the Caribbean, more than 70 million children are directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of those children living in...

NEW YORK (July 29, 2019) – Lead poisoning is affecting children on a massive and previously unknown scale, according to a new report launched today by UNICEF and Pure Earth. The report, the first of...

NEW YORK (July 29, 2020) – Pure Earth, Clarios Foundation and UNICEF today announced a new global partnership to protect children from lead exposure. Around 1 in 3 children – up to 800 million...

NEW YORK (July 23, 2020) – Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides in Bangladesh, India and Nepal have affected millions of children and families, UNICEF said...

NEW YORK (July 23, 2020) – An estimated 5.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including over 3 million children, due to the combined devastating impact of floods, the locust...

NEW YORK (July 22, 2020) – Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now COVID-19 are creating a perfect storm that could reverse hard-earned food security gains in Yemen, warns the latest...