Press Releases

UNICEF Emergency Director: Immediate scaled up humanitarian response needed to save millions of children in drought stricken Somali region

Publication date: July 20, 2022

“In Somali region alone, over 900,000 people have been displaced. Drought not only means lack of water. It means that children are going hungry and thirsty every day"

A child wrapped in a red polka dotted blanket looks up to the camera. he is held by his mother whose face is cast down.

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

Publication date: July 15, 2022

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines

A girl sitting cross legged, looking very calm while getting an injection by a nurse, another woman is next to the child, looking at her.

Valuing young people’s voices – from research to policy

Publication date: July 6, 2022

It’s Difficult to Grow Up in an Apocalypse and Life in Colours reports highlight what young people experience, fear, and hope for during and after the pandemic

Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries

Publication date: June 23, 2022

Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan - UNICEF

Publication date: June 22, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Dr. Mohamed Ayoya on earthquake in Paktika and Khost provinces

UNICEF provides emergency relief as 1.6 million children stranded by floods in Bangladesh

Publication date: June 20, 2022

UNICEF calls for US$2.5 million in funding for emergency supplies and services

Nearly 37 million children displaced worldwide – highest number ever recorded

Publication date: June 17, 2022

Ahead of World Refugee Day, UNICEF urges governments to strengthen protection and access to services for refugee, migrant and displaced children

UNICEF briefing note on the situation of children in Ukraine

Publication date: June 14, 2022

This is a summary of what was said by Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's daily press briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York

UNICEF appeals for US $25 million to meet the urgent needs of 1.7 million children affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka

Publication date: June 10, 2022

To scale up response to the rising needs of children in the next seven months, UNICEF is today appealing for US$25.3 million to save lives and bring nutrition, healthcare, safe drinking water, education, and mental health services to 1.7 million vulnerable children in Sri Lanka.

War in Ukraine 'robbing children of stability, safety, school, friends, family, a home and hopes for the future'

Publication date: June 7, 2022

UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, Murat Sahin's remarks at St. Sophia Cathedral