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Children Feared Dead and Injured in Recent Attacks on Refugee and Internal Displacement Camps in Northern Ethiopia
01/09/2022
NEW YORK (January 9, 2022) – “UNICEF is outraged by the recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia. “The January 5 and 7 attacks have...
Grave Violations of Children’s Rights in Conflict on The Rise Around the World, Warns UNICEF
12/31/2021
NEW YORK (December 31, 2021) – This year has brought a spate of grave violations against children in both protracted and new conflicts, UNICEF warned today. From Afghanistan to Yemen, and Syria to...
UNICEF Calls For $11M To Respond To Children’s Needs Affected By Typhoon Odette
12/26/2021
NEW YORK (December 26, 2021) – On Christmas Eve, more than a week after Super Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) battered the Philippines, UNICEF together with the UN and humanitarian community...
Rising Health Risks For Children Across Afghanistan As Disruption To Health And Nutrition Services Continues And Winter Sets In – UNICEF
12/22/2021
NEW YORK (December 22, 2021) – Children across Afghanistan are increasingly vulnerable to disease and illness due to the deadly combination of rising malnutrition, an unprecedented food crisis...
UNICEF Sends Supplies To Areas Impacted By Typhoon Odette; Advocates Needs Of Children
12/21/2021
NEW YORK (December 21, 2021) – After Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) brought widespread destruction to the Philippines on December 16, the needs of children and families in affected areas are...
Even as Omicron Variant Takes Hold, School Closures Must Be a Measure of Last Resort
12/17/2021
NEW YORK (December 17, 2021) – “COVID-19 cases are again spiking all over the world, fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron, a new variant of concern that public health experts and scientists are working...
UNICEF Concerned For Children In The Philippines As Typhoon Rai/Odette Strike
12/16/2021
NEW YORK (December 16, 2021) – Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) is expected to make landfall today in Surigao Provinces or the southern portion of Eastern Visasyas. Almost 16 million Filipinos...
Xylem Partners with UNICEF to Create a Brighter Future for 3.4 Million Children in India’s Most Vulnerable Communities
12/14/2021
RYE BROOK, NY, (December 14, 2021) – Xylem Watermark, the corporate social responsibility program of global water technology company Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), aims to reach over 3.4 million children by...
UNICEF Welcomes Announcement of Next Executive Director
12/10/2021
NEW YORK (December 10, 2021) – UNICEF welcomes United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’ announcement today that Catherine M. Russell will succeed Henrietta H. Fore as UNICEF Executive...
COVID-19 ‘Biggest Global Crisis For Children In Our 75-Year History’ – UNICEF
12/09/2021
NEW YORK (December 9, 2021) – COVID-19 has affected children at an unprecedented scale, making it the worst crisis for children UNICEF has seen in its 75-year history, the United Nations Children’s...