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Schools Ill-Equipped To Provide Healthy And Inclusive Learning Environments For All Children – UNICEF, WHO
06/23/2022
NEW YORK (June 23, 2022) – Despite a steady decline in the proportion of schools without basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, deep inequalities persist between and within countries...
Thousands Of Children At Risk After Devastating Earthquake Hits Eastern Afghanistan - UNICEF
06/22/2022
NEW YORK (June 22, 2022) – “Early this morning, a devastating earthquake shook the districts of Gayan, Barmala, Naka and Ziruk in Paktika Province, as well as Spira district in Khost Province in...
UNICEF Provides Emergency Relief As 1.6 Million Children Stranded By Floods In Bangladesh
06/21/2022
NEW YORK (June 20, 2022) – Four million people, including 1.6 million children, stranded by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh are in urgent need of help. UNICEF is on the ground to protect...
Nearly 37 Million Children Displaced Worldwide – Highest Number Ever Recorded
06/17/2022
NEW YORK (June 17, 2022) – Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes at the end of 2021, UNICEF estimates – the highest number recorded since...
UNICEF Briefing Note On The Situation Of Children In Ukraine
06/14/2022
NEW YORK (June 14, 2022) – “I spent last week in Ukraine, meeting with children and families affected by the war, seeing UNICEF’s critical humanitarian response and meeting with authorities, UN...
UNICEF Appeals for US$25 million to Meet the Urgent Needs of 1.7 Million Children Affected by the Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka
06/10/2022
NEW YORK/ COLOMBO/ KATHMANDU/ GENEVA (JUNE 10, 2022) – The debilitating crisis in Sri Lanka has left nearly half of the children in the country in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. The UN...
UNICEF USA Announces Actor Justin H. Min as Newest Ambassador
06/09/2022
NEW YORK (June 9, 2022) - UNICEF USA has appointed actor Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy, After Yang), as the newest UNICEF Ambassador. The announcement, in advance of World Refugee Day, comes...
'Explosion Of Child Deaths' Imminent In Horn Of Africa If World Does Not Act Immediately – UNICEF
06/07/2022
NEW YORK (June 7, 2022) – "I am here today to tell you plainly that, if the world does not widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine, and act immediately, an explosion of child deaths is about to happen...
UNICEF Welcomes Two-Month Extension of Truce in Yemen
06/03/2022
NEW YORK/ SANA'A (June 2, 2022) – "UNICEF welcomes the announcement that the parties to the conflict in Yemen have agreed to the United Nations’ proposal to renew the current truce for an additional...
One Hundred Days of War in Ukraine Have Left 5.2 Million Children in Need of Humanitarian Assistance
05/31/2022
NEW YORK/GENEVA/KYIV (June 1, 2022) – Nearly 100 days of war in Ukraine have wrought devastating consequences for children at a scale and speed not seen since World War II, UNICEF said today. Three...