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UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On Threat Of Famine For Children In Somalia
09/06/2022
NEW YORK (September 6, 2022) "You heard the warnings yesterday about a looming famine in areas of the Bay Region of Somalia between October-December this year. It underlines the scale of the crisis...
Window Of Opportunity To Prevent Famine In Somalia Is Closing, Principals Of Inter-Agency Standing Committee Warn
09/05/2022
NEW YORK (September 5, 2022) - Somalia has reached a tipping point. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk, according to the latest food security and nutrition analysis...
UNICEF Delivers Life-Saving Supplies to Help Children Affected by Floods in Pakistan
09/04/2022
NEW YORK / PAKISTAN (September 4, 2022) – UNICEF today delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Impact Of The Pakistan Floods On Children And Families And UNICEF’s Response
09/02/2022
NEW YORK (September 2, 2022) – “Over the past few weeks, torrential monsoon rains have broken a century-long record and dumped more than five times the 30-year average for rainfall in some provinces...
Start Of An Uncertain School Year For Four Million Schoolchildren In Ukraine
09/01/2022
NEW YORK (September 1, 2022) – The ongoing war in Ukraine has marred the start of a new school year for Ukraine’s four million school children, stated UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell as...
More Than Three Million Children At Risk As Devastating Floods Hit Pakistan – UNICEF
08/31/2022
NEW YORK (August 31, 2022) – More than three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan Returns To Jordan To Meet Refugees Affected By The COVID-19 Education Crisis
08/31/2022
NEW YORK (August 31, 2022) – During a three-day visit across Jordan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Muzoon Almellehan warned that refugee children have experienced severe loss to their learning, having...
Children Of Ethiopia Are Once Again Under Attack
08/26/2022
NEW YORK (August 26, 2022) – “UNICEF strongly condemns the air strike in Mekelle, the capital city of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. The strike hit a kindergarten, killing several children, and injuring...
Devastating Crisis For Children In Sri Lanka Is A Cautionary Tale For South Asia
08/26/2022
NEW YORK (August 26, 2022) – “As the economic crisis continues to rattle Sri Lanka, it is the poorest, most vulnerable girls and boys who are paying the steepest price. “Sri Lanka, a country normally...
Deprived Of The Basics, Robbed Of Their Dreams, Children In Lebanon Lose Trust In Their Parents: UNICEF Report
08/25/2022
NEW YORK (August 25, 2022) – Three years of devastating crisis in Lebanon have plunged children into poverty, affecting their health, welfare and education, shattering their hopes and breaking down...