Press Releases

NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – “ Millions of children around the world have been driven from their homes and across borders by conflict, violence and other forms of harm – including 12.7 million refugees...

NEW YORK (April 20, 2020) – The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues to spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa region with over 105,419 cases and 5,699 associated deaths . Iran...

NEW YORK (April 17, 2020) – “Today there are 250 million children around the world living in areas under conflict. Each of these children needs warring parties to heed the call of the UN Secretary...

NEW YORK (April 15, 2020) – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum...

NEW YORK (April 15, 2020) – Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partners said today. “The...

NEW YORK (April 13, 2020) – “Hundreds of thousands of children currently detained in countries around the world are at grave risk of contracting COVID-19. “Many are being held in confined and...

NEW YORK (April 9, 2020) – “The world is currently united in a shared struggle against an invisible enemy. But while our eyes are firmly focused on how to avoid or treat COVID-19, the serious...

KATHMANDU / NEW YORK (April 6, 2020) – Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the region had a chronic education crisis with 95 million children of school age being out of school. With the current COVID-19...

NEW YORK / GENEVA / WASHINGTON D.C. (April 3, 2020) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF today announced an agreement to work together on COVID-19 response, through the historic COVID-19...

NEW YORK (April 1, 2020) – “COVID-19 will almost certainly gain a foothold in refugee camps, crowded reception centers or detention facilities holding migrant families. Given how quickly the virus is...