UNICEF and partners’ digital channels to close down for 18 hours to mark 18 months of school closures and send one message to the world: Reopen schools as soon as possible
One month after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake jolted southwest Haiti, an estimated 650,000 people, including 260,000 children, still need urgent humanitarian assistance, UNICEF warned today.
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.
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.
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
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
