Press releases
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) responds to the launch of the UK Government's International Development Strategy
"The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) welcomes the release of the new UK International Development Strategy. Ensuring every child has access to a good education, reliable healthcare and is protected from harm speaks to the core of British values.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on latest school attack in Luhansk, Ukraine
8th May 2022 - UNICEF strongly condemns yet another attack on a school in Ukraine amid reports that civilians, including children, had sought shelter in the school’s bunker.
Number of Syrian children in need hits record high
8th May 2022 - UNICEF statement as number of Syrian children in need hits record high
Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF urges parents and children in Equateur Province to take safety precautions after second confirmed fatality from most recent Ebola virus outbreak
29 APRIL 2022 – UNICEF has urged parents and children living in the western province of Equateur to maintain the utmost vigilance amid the 14th and latest outbreak of Ebola virus which first emerged on the outskirts of the provincial capital Mbandaka.
Global polio eradication initiative calls for renewed commitments to achieve promise of a polio-free world
26 April 2022 – The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced that it is seeking new commitments to fund its 2022-2026 Strategy, which if fully funded, will see the vaccination of 370 million children annually for the next five years.
At least 10 million children face severe drought in the Horn of Africa – UNICEF
22 April 2022 - UN Children’s Fund warns of rapid rise in need as humanitarian funding requirements double
Sana’a authorities in Yemen sign action plan with UN
18 April 2022 – Today Sana’a authorities signed an Action Plan with the United Nations to protect children and prevent grave violations against them in the context of the armed conflict in Yemen.
Children’s lives and well-being in danger as fighting intensifies in Tripoli, Libya (clone)
“An increasing number of children are at imminent risk of injury or death because of the escalation in fighting – the worst in years – in and around Tripoli.
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calls for political resolution to end violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
RHOE, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 6 April 2022 – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell today appealed for an urgent political resolution to end ongoing violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Ms. Russell had just concluded a visit to Ituri Province, an area which has been hard-hit by attacks on civilians.
One month of war in Ukraine has led to displacement of more than half of Ukraine’s children
LONDON, 24 MARCH 2022, Joanna Rea, Director of Advocacy UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) says: “In just a month, the war has wrought devastation for Ukraine’s 7.5 million children, and they urgently need peace and protection.
More than half of Ukraine’s children displaced after one month of war – UNICEF
NEW YORK/GENEVA/KYIV, 24 March 2022 – One month of war in Ukraine has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children – more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million child population. This includes more than 1.8 million children who have crossed into neighbouring countries as refugees and 2.5 million who are now internally displaced inside Ukraine.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, on reported attack against maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russel's statement following a reported attack against maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
Today, 1 billion of the world’s most vulnerable children are at extreme risk. If the world fails to act, tomorrow it will be all children. It is past time to put children at the center of climate action.
NEW YORK, 28 February 2022 – “Today’s landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report removes whatever shred of doubt remained: The climate crisis is not a future threat. It is here, it is accelerating, and it will continue to affect the world in increasingly devastating ways.