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UNICEF Sends Additional Life-Saving Supplies for Ukraine Response
03/18/2022
NEW YORK (March 18, 2022) – As of March 17th 2022, UNICEF has dispatched 85 trucks carrying 858 tons of emergency supplies to support children and families in war-torn Ukraine and neighboring...
"Particularly shocking" - Every Single Minute, 55 Children Have Fled Their Country. A Ukrainian Child Has Become a Refugee Almost Every Single Second Since the Start of the War.
03/15/2022
NEW YORK (March 15, 2022) - "Since February 24, scores of children have been killed in Ukraine. Many more have been injured. "And more than 1.5 million children have fled the country. "Putting this...
Syria: Children Struggle With Physical and Psychological Scars After 11 Years of War
03/15/2022
NEW YORK (March 15, 2022) – Eleven years since the crisis began in Syria, violence, displacement, and lack of access to essential services continue to put children’s lives at risk. Just yesterday...
Yemen: Acute Hunger at Unprecedented Levels as Funding Dries Up
03/14/2022
NEW YORK (March 14, 2022) - Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the...
Stop Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine
03/13/2022
NEW YORK (March 13, 2022) – “Today, we call for an immediate cessation of all attacks on health care in Ukraine. These horrific attacks are killing and causing serious injuries to patients and health...
In Yemen, the Number of Children Killed or Injured Continues to Increase as Violence Escalates
03/12/2022
NEW YORK (March 12, 2022) – “Following the intensification of the conflict in Yemen in 2021, violence has continued to escalate this year and as always children are the first and most to suffer. “Over...
Additional UNICEF Supplies on Their Way to Ukraine as Number of Child Refugees Exceeds 1 Million Mark
03/10/2022
NEW YORK (March 10, 2022) – More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, UNICEF said today. Most have fled with their families to Poland, Hungary...
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...