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On 3 March 2020 in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore (second from right) speaks with students Tal-Amara school in southern rural Idlib. The school is the only elementary school in Tal-Amara village. With support from UNICEF, the school is providing 130 children with formal education and an accelerated learning programme (Curriculum B) for children who have missed out on years of education. The school is also part of the World Food Programme's School Feeding Programme in t

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore ahead of the 2020 Brussels video conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region

UNICEF delivers supplies to children.

Not just numbers: Syrian families identify their needs and concerns as war enters tenth year

Education in high demand: Syrian families say education for children greatest challenge

Afghanistan. A child is screened for malnutrition.

UNICEF comment on malnutrition in Afghanistan at the Geneva Palais briefing

This is a summary of what was said by Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Yemen. A girl wearing a face mask looks at the camera.

Yemeni children face deadly hunger and aid shortages as COVID-19 pandemic spreads - UNICEF

Number of malnourished children could reach 2.4 million by end of year, a 20 per cent increase

Democratic republic of the Congo. A woman holds a baby.

UNICEF welcomes end of 23 month-long Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and calls for additional support as country tackles new outbreak in north-west

FILE PHOTO: On 15 May 2019, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore addresses the United Nations Security Council.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore's remarks at the UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

This is a summary of what was said by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's Security Council Open Debate at the United Nations in New York. Checked against delivery.

A UNICEF chartered plane landed at Sana’a airport on Saturday 30 May with lifesaving supplies to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in Yemen

UNICEF airlifts COVID-19 testing kits to Yemen to boost response as cases soar

عاملة تثقيف مدرَّبة تشرح كيفية غسل اليدين بشكل صحيح في مركز للأسر الفارّة من انعدام الأمن في اليمن.

Geneva Palais briefing note on the humanitarian situation for children in Yemen

This is a summary of what was said by Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson in Geneva – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

UNICEF condemns killing of five children in Ituri Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yemen. A doctor measures the arm of a child in Sanaa.

Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee