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Step Up Action Before More Tragedies Unfold in the Mediterranean
NEW YORK (April 21, 2015) – “Reports of tragedies on the Mediterranean Sea - leaving hundreds of people, including children, dead or missing – are becoming all too frequent and the human cost all too...
Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, on attack in Garowe, Somalia
NEW YORK (April 20, 2015) – “The horrific attack on our UNICEF colleagues today in northern Somalia is an assault not only on them but on the people they served. Our immediate thoughts are with the...
Helping Keep Classrooms Safe as Schools Re-open in Sierra Leone
NEW YORK (April 14, 2015) – As around 1.8 million children in Sierra Leone prepare to return to school this week after an eight month break due to Ebola, the Government of Sierra Leone, UNICEF and...
Despite Huge Challenges in Access UNICEF Delivers Much Needed Supplies to North Eastern Syria
NEW YORK (April 14, 2015) – UNICEF completed the delivery of 43 trucks of much needed humanitarian supplies to Qamishli, north east of Syria. The trucks passed through the Nusyabin crossing point in...
UNICEF: 800,000 Children Forced to Flee Violence in Nigeria and Region
NEW YORK (April 13, 2015) – Around 800,000 children have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict in northeast Nigeria between Boko Haram, military forces and civilian self-defence...
MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN BEING UNLOADED NOW AT SANA’A AIRPORT
NEW YORK (April 10, 2015) – A first airlift of urgent medical and other supplies from UNICEF is being unloaded now on the tarmac at Sana’a International Airport, as the conflict in Yemen continues to...
UNICEF: Increasing Violence in Yemen Taking Intolerable Toll on Children
NEW YORK (April 6, 2015) – With conflict escalating in many parts of Yemen, children continue to be killed, injured, displaced and put at increasing risk from disease, UNICEF said today. At least 74...
UNICEF Prepares for Typhoon Maysak
NEW YORK (April 1, 2015) – The Philippines is bracing for Super Typhoon Maysak (local name Chedeng) as it enters the country’s area of responsibility this Lenten week. According to latest reports...
UNICEF Appeals: Protect Children from Escalating Violence in Yemen
NEW YORK (March 31, 2015) – At least 62 children have been killed and 30 injured during fighting in Yemen over the past week, according to UNICEF. The fighting is severely damaging basic health...
UNICEF Education Assistance to Reach 30,000 School-aged Children in Vanuatu
NEW YORK (March 31, 2015) – As Vanuatu’s schools officially reopen UNICEF and its partners are supporting the Government of Vanuatu to provide assistance to 30,000 school-aged children from early...