Press Releases

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the life of Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte

Publication date: April 25, 2023

We mourn the loss of Harry Belafonte, one of the world’s greatest actors, singers, producers, and champions of human rights – especially children.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte waves to onlookers, standing amidst a crowd of children at the Kihumbuini primary school in Kangemi, a poor neighbourhood in Nairobi, the capital.

Escalating violence in Sudan puts millions of children at risk

Publication date: April 20, 2023

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s statement on situation of children in Sudan

On 19 April 2023, people flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum, Sudan.

New UNICEF report shows decline in confidence in childhood vaccines in Canada during COVID-19

Publication date: April 19, 2023

New data reveals 67 million children globally missed out on one or more vaccinations over three years due to service disruption caused by strained health systems and diversion of scarce resources, conflict and fragility, and decreased confidence.

On 18 August 2022 in Kraków, Poland, 6-year-old Mykyta receives his immunizations from Nurse Ewelina Tytula at the UNIMED medical center.

"Devastating Reality": 9 years after Chibok abductions, children in Northeast Nigeria continue to suffer the brutal consequences of conflict

Publication date: April 14, 2023

Nine years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in the middle of the night from their dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria, 96 girls remain in captivity, and thousands more children have been subjected to grave violations of their rights.

"Devastating Reality": 9 years after Chibok abductions, children in Northeast Nigeria continue to suffer the brutal consequences of conflict

Two months on from Türkiye earthquakes, enormous challenges remain for 2.5 million children in need of humanitarian support

Publication date: April 6, 2023

Additional assistance is needed as many children in Türkiye face threat of poverty, child labour or child marriage

Children attending lessons at a UNICEF-supported tent classroom in a temporary shelter in Antakya, after two devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye.

Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives

Publication date: April 5, 2023

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations will cost children’s lives

Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education

Publication date: March 29, 2023

Insecurity has disrupted the education of three-quarters of a million children in 2022 and early 2023, according to the latest UNICEF data.

Ecole primaire Philéo est situé à Goma ; elle est constituée de 642 élèves dont 358 filles et 284 garçons. Tous sont déplacés.

BUDGET 2023: UNICEF CANADA STATEMENT

Publication date: March 29, 2023

On March 28, 2023, the Government of Canada tabled Budget 2023. UNICEF Canada believes that bold leadership is required from the federal government to address issues that affect children and youth in Canada and around the world.

8 years of crushing conflict in Yemen leave more than 11 million children in need of humanitarian assistance

Publication date: March 24, 2023

More than 540,000 children under the age of five suffering life-threatening severe acute malnutrition, with one child continuing to die every 10 minutes from preventable causes

Children in a classroom for the ECHO funded UNICEF's catch-up classes programme in one of the IDP camp in Marib, Yemen.

More than 10 million people, including children, living in Pakistan’s flood-affected areas still lack access to safe drinking water - UNICEF

Publication date: March 21, 2023

Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking water, leaving families with no alternative but to drink and use potentially disease-ridden water.