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Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell On Reported Attack Against Maternity Hospital In Mariupol, Ukraine
03/09/2022
NEW YORK (March 9, 2022) – “I am horrified by the reported attack today on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine – an attack which reportedly left young children and women in labor buried beneath...
Briefing To The UN Security Council On The Humanitarian Situation In Ukraine By UNICEF Executive Catherine Russell
03/07/2022
NEW YORK (March 7, 2022) – Excellencies and colleagues, I would like to express my appreciation to Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield and Ambassador Ferit Hoxha for convening today’s meeting. I would also...
Unaccompanied And Separated Children Fleeing Escalating Conflict In Ukraine Must Be Protected
03/07/2022
NEW YORK (March 7, 2022) – "In the past week, more than one million refugees have been forced to flee Ukraine seeking safety and protection. Hundreds of thousands of them are children. Amongst those...
First Shipment of UNICEF Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Ukraine as Conflict Escalates
03/05/2022
NEW YORK, 5 March 2022 – The first batch of UNICEF humanitarian supplies has arrived today in Lviv, western Ukraine, from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen. It is part of a six...
One Week into Conflict in Ukraine, Half a Million Children Become Refugees - UNICEF
03/03/2022
NEW YORK (March 3, 2022) – The conflict in Ukraine, now in its second week, is exacting a harrowing toll on children, UNICEF warned today. Millions of children could be caught up in the violence as...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's Remarks At The Joint Launch Of The Humanitarian Flash Appeal And Regional Refugee Response Plan, Ukraine
03/01/2022
NEW YORK (March 1, 2022) – "The situation facing children and families caught up in the escalating conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. "The fighting is moving closer to civilian populations...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Calling For A Suspension Of Hostilities To Carry Out Urgent Humanitarian Action In Ukraine
02/28/2022
NEW YORK (February 28, 2022) – “The situation for children caught up in the conflict in Ukraine grows worse by the minute. “We are receiving reports of hospitals, schools, water and sanitation...
The International Community And The De Facto Authorities Must Find Ways To Work Together – For The Sake Of The Children Of Afghanistan
02/25/2022
NEW YORK (February 25, 2022) – “Decades of conflict, a devastating drought, a collapsing economy and the impact of international sanctions are causing irreparable damage to the children of Afghanistan...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Situation Of Children In Ukraine
02/25/2022
NEW YORK (February 25, 2022) – "As many of you know, the military operation in Ukraine poses an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. "As we speak, there...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine
02/24/2022
NEW YORK (February 24, 2022) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. Heavy...