Press Releases
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore’s Remarks At The Humanitarian Liaison Working Group On Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccines In Humanitarian Settings
06/09/2021
NEW YORK (JUNE 9, 2021) – "Excellencies, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. "The last 18 months have provided a dramatic reminder of the importance of making vaccinations available to all, as the main...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Whoopi Goldberg, Angélique Kidjo, and Liam Neeson Join 28 High-profile UNICEF Supporters in Urging G7 Countries to Donate Covid-19 Vaccine Doses to Poor Countries Now
06/08/2021
NEW YORK (JUNE 8, 2021) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Whoopi Goldberg, Angélique Kidjo, and Liam Neeson have joined an extraordinary...
UNICEF Works Urgently To Restore Water To 200,000 People In Goma Cut Off Because Of Volcano Lava Damage
06/07/2021
NEW YORK (June 7, 2021) – UNICEF is urgently working to restore water supply to 200,000 people – including at least 100,000 children - in the city of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of...
UNICEF Supports 26 Oxygen Plants And Sends Over 4,000 Oxygen Concentrators, And Other Critical Supplies As India Continues To Grapple With COVID-19
06/04/2021
NEW YORK (June 4, 2021) – UNICEF continues its emergency support to India’s COVID-19 pandemic response by providing additional lifesaving supplies. The first nine of 26 oxygen plants are being...
UNICEF Supply Operations Reach Record Highs In 2020 Amid Global Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic
06/04/2021
NEW YORK (June 4, 2021) – UNICEF’s global procurement and supply operations grew by 17 percent in 2020 to reach a record $4.468 billion, underscoring the organization’s role in supporting governments’...
UNICEF signs COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Agreement With Moderna
06/02/2021
NEW YORK (June 2, 2021) – UNICEF has signed a long-term agreement with Moderna for the supply of COVID-19 vaccine on behalf of the COVAX Facility. Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with...
Children In Northern Ethiopia In Dire Need Of Protection And Assistance
06/01/2021
NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – “The magnitude and gravity of child rights violations taking place across Tigray show no sign of abating, nearly seven months since fighting broke out in northern Ethiopia....
Haiti: Funding Gap Threatens The Lives Of Nearly 86,000 Children
06/01/2021
NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – The number of children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Haiti could more than double this year, warned UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and...
Up To 280,000 Children Face Displacement Because Of DRC Volcano Threat
06/01/2021
NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – As the authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) advise people living in part of the city of Goma to vacate their homes due to the risk of another volcanic...
COVAX Joint Statement: Call To Action To Equip COVAX To Deliver 2 Billion Doses In 2021
06/01/2021
NEW YORK (June 1, 2021) – "Countries that are advanced in their vaccination programs are seeing cases of COVID-19 decline, hospitalizations decrease and early signs of some kind of normality resume....