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Investment in Education Desperately Needed to Avert “Lost Generation” of Rohingya Children – UNICEF
08/23/2018
NEW YORK / COX’S BAZAR (August 23, 2018) – More than half a million Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh are being denied the chance of a proper education, and international efforts are...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on World Humanitarian Day 2018
08/19/2018
NEW YORK (August 19, 2018) – “Today as we mark World Humanitarian Day, we pause to recognize the dedication and courage of our colleagues around the world, honor our colleagues who have lost their...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the Passing of Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
08/19/2018
NEW YORK (August 18, 2018) – “I was saddened and heartbroken to learn of the passing of Kofi Annan. Father. Husband. Humanitarian. Elder. He was a lifelong servant of peace.” “He was particularly...
Children Particularly Affected by the Ebola Outbreak in the DRC – UNICEF
08/17/2018
KINSHASA / NEW YORK / DAKAR / GENEVA (August 17, 2018) – Children represent an unusually high proportion of people affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the...
Children Returned to Central America and Mexico at Heightened Risk of Violence, Stigma and Deprivation
08/16/2018
NEW YORK (August 15, 2018) – Extreme violence, poverty and lack of opportunity are not only powerful drivers of irregular child migration from northern Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and...
UNICEF Statement on Violence Against Children in Afghanistan
08/15/2018
KABUL/NEW YORK (August 15, 2018) – “UNICEF is gravely concerned about the growing violence across Afghanistan, especially over the past week, where children continue to be the hardest hit. “Today's...
Ebola Outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF Mobilizes Communication Specialists in Support of the Vaccination Campaign
08/10/2018
KINSHASA (August 10, 2018) – Following the launch of the vaccination campaign against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on August 8 th...
“I Can’t Describe to You What’s Happening Here” An Appeal from the Children of Syria
08/10/2018
AMMAN (August 10, 2018) – “I can’t describe to you what’s happening here. We don’t have enough water or food and we live in fear,” says 12-year-old Rand in Idlib as she breaks into tears. Like Rand...
Unconscionable Attack on Children Should be Turning Point in Yemen’s Brutal War – Enough is Enough
08/10/2018
NEW YORK (August 9, 2018) – “The horrific attack on a bus in Sa’ada, Yemen, reportedly killing and maiming scores of children, marks a low point in the country’s brutal war. The question now is...
STOP CRUELTY AGAINST CHILDREN
08/09/2018
Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa NEW YORK (August 9, 2018) – "NO Excuses anymore! "Again, many children were reportedly killed and injured...