Press Releases

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan

September 13, 2021

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

September 7, 2021

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

September 7, 2021

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’

August 31, 2021

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

August 27, 2021

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

August 24, 2021

At least eight million of these young learners have been waiting for over a year.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on children in Afghanistan

August 23, 2021

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Amidst Kabul airport blockage, WHO and UNICEF call for assistance to deliver critical health supplies to Afghanistan

August 23, 2021

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

August 23, 2021

First shipment with medical and water supplies has arrived; more to follow in the coming days
One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis - UNICEF

August 20, 2021

Children in the Central African Republic, Chad, and Nigeria are among the most at risk of climate change, according to UNICEF’s first child-focused climate risk index.