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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...
Children In Eastern Ukraine Must Have Access To Safe Education And Childhood –UNICEF
02/22/2022
NEW YORK (February 22, 2022) – Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years. More than 750 schools have been damaged since the...
UNICEF Provides Support To All Public School Teachers In Afghanistan For 2 Months
02/22/2022
NEW YORK (February 22, 2022) – As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in Afghanistan go to school and learn, UNICEF and partners are providing emergency cash support to all public...
Haiti: Six Months After The Earthquake, More Than 4 Out Of 5 Schools Destroyed Or Damaged Are Yet To Be Rebuilt
02/15/2022
NEW YORK (February 15, 2022) – Six months after the devastating earthquake that struck southwest Haiti, more than 1,000 schools in the most affected departments of Sud, Grand'Anse and Nippes are yet...
Urgent Support Needed For 1.4 Million Children Likely To Suffer From Acute Malnutrition In Somalia
02/15/2022
NEW YORK (February 15, 2022) – More than 1.4 million children in Somalia, nearly half of the country’s under-five population, are likely to suffer from acute malnutrition due to the ongoing drought...
UNICEF USA Announces New Appointments to the National Board of Directors: Glen Baptist, Nicole Giles and Janet Truncale
02/10/2022
NEW YORK ( February 10, 2022) – UNICEF USA today announced the appointment of Glen Baptist, Nicole Giles and Janet Truncale to the National Board of Directors, effective January 27, 2022. “ We are...