Schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic – UNICEF
UNICEF and partners’ digital channels to close down for 18 hours to mark 18 months of school closures and send one message to the world: Reopen schools as soon as possible
One month after Haiti earthquake: 260,000 children still need humanitarian assistance - UNICEF
One month after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake jolted southwest Haiti, an estimated 650,000 people, including 260,000 children, still need urgent humanitarian assistance, UNICEF warned today.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
Children in Afghanistan have long suffered disproportionately from the humanitarian, security, social and economic crises that have plagued the country for decades. Their suffering is far from over and they need our help.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on unaccompanied and separated children evacuated from Afghanistan
Since 14 August, hundreds of children have been separated from their families amidst chaotic conditions, including large-scale evacuations, in and around the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Some of these children were evacuated on flights to Germany, Qatar and other countries.
Haiti earthquake: UNICEF seeks US$122.2 million to bring humanitarian aid to 1.6 million people
Emergency funding appeal nearly tripled to reach people affected by the earthquake and violence in Haiti
Afghanistan ‘a child protection crisis in a country already one of the worst places on earth to be a child’
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Hervé Ludovic De Lys – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
UNICEF condemns Kabul airport attack
Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Hervé Ludovic De Lys on the attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday
First day of school 'indefinitely postponed' for 140 million first-time students around the world – UNICEF
At least eight million of these young learners have been waiting for over a year.
Amidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to Afghanistan
Joint statement by WHO Regional Director for Eastern and Mediterranean Region, Dr. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, and UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei
New shipment of UNICEF humanitarian aid arrives in earthquake-struck Haiti
First shipment with medical and water supplies has arrived; more to follow in the coming days
