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Afghanistan. A girl sits in her home in Kabul.
Statement
21 March 2023
UNICEF calls on de facto authorities to allow girls to return to secondary school in Afghanistan immediately
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the start of the new school year in Afghanistan
Remarks
16 February 2023
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the Education Cannot Wait: High-Level Financing Conference
Statement
02 January 2023
UN humanitarian leaders urge Security Council to preserve crossborder aid lifeline to north-west Syria
Joint Statement
Statement
28 December 2022
Statement by Inter-Agency Standing Committee Principals on Afghanistan
Statement
25 December 2022
Restricting female humanitarians from working and female students from access to education in Afghanistan is a ‘blatant violation of fundamental human rights’
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Children play at a Spilno-spot at a metro station in Kharkiv, amidst electricity cuts, air raids and attacks on the city. 15 November 2022
Press release
13 December 2022
Almost 7 million children in Ukraine at risk as attacks on energy infrastructure cause widespread blackouts and disruption of heating and water
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell urges protection of children and civilian infrastructure
Ibrahim wears his artificial limbs in the prosthetic centre in Aden, Yemen on 14 October 2021.
Press release
12 December 2022
More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calls for urgent renewal of truce following visit
Pakistan. A boy sits by a backpack in a UNICEF-supported temporary learning centre.
Press release
05 December 2022
UNICEF appeals for US$10.3 billion emergency funding to support children affected by conflict, catastrophe and climate crises around the world
Funds will support essential programs for over 110 million children across 155 countries and territories through 2023
On 27 September 2022 in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Darya Nikolayenko, 14, walks through rubble in School #21, which was destroyed by bombing on 3 March.
Press release
14 November 2022
Top UN, ICRC leaders urge stepped-up global support to protect civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas
Milestone political declaration to open for signature on 18 November
A woman holds the hand of a baby in a hospital.
Press release
11 November 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell concludes Viet Nam visit, commends country’s commitment to children