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Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up

Joint press release by FAO, UNICEF and WFP

Stop attacks on health care in Ukraine

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, and WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Particularly Shocking. Every single minute, 55 children have fled their country. A Ukrainian child has become a refugee almost every single second since the start of the war.

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder - to whom quoted text may be attributed - - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Child accompanied across the Romanian border

UNICEF sends additional life-saving supplies for Ukraine response

UNICEF has dispatched 85 trucks carrying 858 tons of emergency supplies to support children and families in war-torn Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

On 6 March 2022, a UNICEF staff inspects supplies that have just arrived in Lviv, western Ukraine, from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen.

Children fleeing war in Ukraine at heightened risk of trafficking and exploitation

UNICEF calls for strengthened measures to protect children crossing from Ukraine into neighbouring countries

Syria: Children struggle with physical and psychological scars after 11 years of war

Eleven years since the crisis began in Syria, violence, displacement, and lack of access to essential services continue to obstruct children’s lives.

Africa to drastically accelerate progress on water, sanitation and hygiene – report

If current progress trends continue, very few African Union member states may achieve universal access to safely managed drinking water, safely managed sanitation or basic hygiene services by 2030

Girls in Afghanistan must go back to school without any further delays

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

More than half of Ukraine’s children displaced after one month of war – UNICEF

Ongoing violence across the country has created a child rights crisis that could last for generations

Two million refugee children flee war in Ukraine in search of safety across borders – UNICEF

With an additional 2.5 million children displaced within country, 60 per cent of children now forced from their homes as attacks on urban areas continue