PRESS RELEASE Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 24 February 2022 – “UNICEF is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. Heavy weapons fire along the line of contact has already damaged … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Global COVID-19 vaccine effort ships over one billion doses in first year, but challenges remain – UNICEF One year on from first COVAX delivery, people in Ireland thanked for donating over three million dose deliveries through UNICEF Ireland vaccine campaign    UNICEF spokespeople are available for interview Multimedia assets available for download here DUBLIN, … Continued

PRESS RELEASE More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing – WHO, UNICEF New report details exploitative practices employed by $55 billion formula industry, compromising child nutrition, violating international commitments Multimedia content available here UNICEF spokespersons are available for interview  GENEVA/NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 22 February 2022 – More than half … Continued

PRESS RELEASE   UNICEF provides support to all public school teachers in Afghanistan for 2 months Emergency support will enable millions of children to continue learning   UNICEF spokespersons are available for interview  Download photos and broll from Afghanistan here KABUL/DUBLIN, February 20, 2022 – As part of efforts to ensure all school-age girls and boys in … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Children in eastern Ukraine must have access to safe education and childhood – UNICEF UNICEF spokespersons in Ukraine are available for interview  KYIV/DUBLIN, 18 February 2022 – Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years. More than 750 schools have been damaged … Continued

PRESS RELEASE  Urgent support needed for 1.4 million children likely to suffer from acute malnutrition in Somalia Funding immediately needed to procure nutrition supplies and avert deaths   UNICEF spokespersons in Somalia are available for interview  Photos and videos available for download Mogadishu/Dublin, 15 February 2022: More than 1.4 million children in Somalia, nearly half … Continued

PRESS RELEASE Prolonged drought pushing families in Ethiopia to the brink ​More than 6.8 million people in drought-impacted areas will be in need of urgent humanitarian assistance by mid-March 2022 UNICEF spokespersons in Ethiopia are available for interview Multimedia materials available here ADDIS ABABA/DUBLIN, 1 February 2022 – Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have brought … Continued

PRESS RELEASE UNICEF provides lifesaving assistance to displaced children and families in northeast Syria Nearly 45,000 people fled violence in Ghwayran, northeast Syria DAMASCUS/DUBLIN, 28 January 2022 – As violence continues in and around the Ghwayran/ Sinai’i detention centre, in northeast Syria, children continue to be critically vulnerable and in urgent need of protection. Violence forced … Continued

PRESS RELEASE UNICEF delivers 11 million COVID-19 vaccines a day over past week as global rollout gathers pace Despite progress, UNICEF warns of ongoing inequity in access to vaccines across the world UNICEF spokespeople are available for interview Multimedia assets available for download here DUBLIN, 19 December 2021 – UNICEF has delivered an average of 11 … Continued

PRESS RELEASE COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ – UNICEF On its 75th anniversary, UNICEF warns that COVID-19 is rolling back virtually every measure of progress for children, including a staggering 100 million more children plunged into poverty  Multimedia content available to download here NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 9 December 2021 – COVID-19 has affected children at an unprecedented scale, making it … Continued

PRESS RELEASE UNICEF issues historic humanitarian appeal to save the lives of millions of children in Afghanistan UNICEF spokespeople in Afghanistan are available for interview Download photos and broll from Afghanistan here KABUL/KATHMANDU/NEW YORK/DUBLIN, 7 December 2021 – UNICEF launched its largest ever single-country appeal today to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of over 24 million people in … Continued

PRESS RELEASE  One million children at risk of dying from starvation in Afghanistan within weeks – UNICEF UNICEF calls for urgent international aid to avert a humanitarian disaster UNICEF spokespeople in Afghanistan are available for interview Multimedia content available to download here Kabul/Dublin, 02 December 2021: One million children in Afghanistan are at risk of … Continued