Press Releases

Amidst insecurity in Haiti, new cholera upsurge puts 1.2 million children at risk

Publication date: October 4, 2022

The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

UNICEF Canada CEO To Retire

Publication date: September 27, 2022

UNICEF Canada CEO David Morley will retire next year and step down from his role with the humanitarian organization after more than a decade of leadership.

UNICEF concerned for children in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Noru/Karding strikes

Publication date: September 26, 2022

UN children’s agency prepares supplies for family, especially for those in vulnerable and high-risk communities on the typhoon’s track

Over half a billion dollars pledged to tackle severe wasting since July in unprecedented international response to deepening child malnutrition crisis

Publication date: September 23, 2022

At least 60 per cent of commitments will directly support UNICEF’s work in 15 countries hardest hit by the food and nutrition crisis

UNICEF warns of shockingly low levels of learning, with only a third of 10-year-olds globally estimated to be able to read and understand a simple written story

Publication date: September 16, 2022

Ahead of the Transforming Education Summit, UNICEF unveils the ‘Learning Crisis Classroom’ at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to draw attention to the urgent need to transform education systems worldwide

Devastating floods in Pakistan claim lives of more than 500 children – UNICEF

Publication date: September 16, 2022

Statement by Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, following his visit to Sindh Province

UNICEF announces new global education mascot, Uni

Publication date: September 13, 2022

Uni will serve to embody the importance of quality education and draw attention to the global learning crisis

UNICEF delivers life-saving supplies to help children affected by floods in Pakistan

Publication date: September 4, 2022

UNICEF delivered 32 metric tons of life-saving medical and other emergency supplies to support children and women affected by devastating floods across Pakistan.

Start of an uncertain school year for four million schoolchildren in Ukraine

Publication date: September 1, 2022

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets schoolchildren, parents and teachers scarred by war, concluding a three-day visit across the country

More than three million children at risk as devastating floods hit Pakistan – UNICEF

Publication date: August 31, 2022

33 million people - including approximately 16 million children - have been affected by this year’s heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, which have brought devastating rains, floods and landslides.