Press Releases

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

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 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

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.

Deprived of the basics, robbed of their dreams, children in Lebanon lose trust in their parents: UNICEF report

Publication date: August 25, 2022

A UNICEF report shows that much of the progress towards achieving children’s basic rights has been eroded by the economic crisis and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF

Publication date: August 23, 2022

The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulnerability.

War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured

Publication date: August 22, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell