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COVAX Calls for Urgent Action to Close Vaccine Equity Gap
05/20/2022
NEW YORK/GENEVA/OSLO (May 20, 2022) – Nearly 18 months after the first administration of a COVID-19 vaccine, incredible progress has been made – with lower-income countries administering billions of...
Landmark Meeting Urges Prioritization of Water and Sanitation to Get Health, Climate and Economic Targets Back on Track
05/19/2022
NEW YORK/JAKARTA (May 18, 2022) – More than 350 participants from 57 countries gathered today in Jakarta for the opening of the Sector Ministers’ Meeting which will generate urgent prioritization of...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Remarks at UN High-Level Event on Conflict, Hunger and Children with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Of the United States
05/19/2022
NEW YORK (May 17, 2022) – “Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends. "I am honored to welcome you to UNICEF House for this critical conversation. "I want to acknowledge and thank the United States Government...
World A ‘Virtual Tinderbox’ For Catastrophic Levels of Severe Malnutrition in Children
05/16/2022
NEW YORK (May 17, 2022) – “The number of children with severe wasting was rising even before war in Ukraine threatened to plunge the world deeper into a spiralling global food crisis - and it’s...
Almost One Billion Children and Adults with Disabilities and Older Persons in Need of Assistive Technology Denied Access, According to New Report
05/16/2022
NEW YORK/ GENEVA (May 16, 2022) – “A new report published today by WHO and UNICEF reveals that more than 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or...
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi's Remarks at The UN Security Council Meeting on The Maintenance of Peace and Security in Ukraine
05/12/2022
NEW YORK (May 12, 2022) – “Mr. President, Excellencies and colleagues, I would like to express my appreciation to Ambassadors De La Fuente and Riviere for convening today’s meeting. I would also like...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Remarks at The Brussels VI Conference: "Supporting the Future of Syria And the Region"
05/10/2022
NEW YORK/BRUSSELS (May 10, 2022) – “Excellencies, colleagues, and friends, thank you very much for inviting me here today. "Syria today is one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a child. "An...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell On Latest School Attack in Luhansk, Ukraine
05/09/2022
NEW YORK (May 8, 2022) – “UNICEF strongly condemns yet another attack on a school in Ukraine amid reports that civilians, including children, had sought shelter in the school’s bunker. “We do not yet...
Number of Syrian Children in Need Hits Record High
05/09/2022
NEW YORK/AMMAN (May 8, 2022) – “Millions of children continue to live in fear, need and uncertainty inside Syria and in neighboring countries. “More than 6.5 million children in Syria are in need of...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note on The Situation of Children in Ukraine And Neighboring Countries
05/06/2022
NEW YORK/LVIV (May 6, 2022) – "The situation in Ukraine is a child protection crisis of extraordinary proportions, the likes of which we perhaps haven’t seen before. “Two months of war in Ukraine have...