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Devastating Floods In Pakistan Claim Lives Of More Than 500 Children – UNICEF
09/15/2022
NEW YORK (September 15, 2022) – “The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have now claimed the lives of at least 528 children, according to the latest Government figures. Each and every one of these deaths...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On Rising Severe Acute Malnutrition For Children In Somalia
09/13/2022
NEW YORK (September 13, 2022) – “The number of Somalia’s youngest children (those aged 6-59 months) who are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has now increased from 386,000 to 513,550...
UNICEF Announces New Global Education Mascot, Uni
09/12/2022
NEW YORK (September 13, 2022) – UNICEF today announced a new global education mascot. Uni will serve as an ambassador for learning and symbolize every child’s right to access quality education. Uni...
UNICEF USA Applauds Massachusetts on Becoming 7th State to End Child Marriage
09/07/2022
NEW YORK (September 7, 2022) - UNICEF USA welcomes the news that Massachusetts is the seventh state in the U.S. to officially ban child marriage with no exceptions after Governor Charlie Baker signed...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On Threat Of Famine For Children In Somalia
09/06/2022
NEW YORK (September 6, 2022) "You heard the warnings yesterday about a looming famine in areas of the Bay Region of Somalia between October-December this year. It underlines the scale of the crisis...
Window Of Opportunity To Prevent Famine In Somalia Is Closing, Principals Of Inter-Agency Standing Committee Warn
09/05/2022
NEW YORK (September 5, 2022) - Somalia has reached a tipping point. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk, according to the latest food security and nutrition analysis...
UNICEF Delivers Life-Saving Supplies to Help Children Affected by Floods in Pakistan
09/04/2022
NEW YORK / PAKISTAN (September 4, 2022) – UNICEF today delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note On The Impact Of The Pakistan Floods On Children And Families And UNICEF’s Response
09/02/2022
NEW YORK (September 2, 2022) – “Over the past few weeks, torrential monsoon rains have broken a century-long record and dumped more than five times the 30-year average for rainfall in some provinces...
Start Of An Uncertain School Year For Four Million Schoolchildren In Ukraine
09/01/2022
NEW YORK (September 1, 2022) – The ongoing war in Ukraine has marred the start of a new school year for Ukraine’s four million school children, stated UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell as...
More Than Three Million Children At Risk As Devastating Floods Hit Pakistan – UNICEF
08/31/2022
NEW YORK (August 31, 2022) – More than three million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe...