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Ishrafi Khatun (10) stands in front of her school, Borobari Govt. Primary in Bangladesh, that has been submerged under water for the past few days due to severe flood.
Article
25 August 2022
Water and the global climate crisis
The world needs to get water smart. Everyone has a role to play, and we cannot afford to wait.
Statement
09 May 2022
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on latest school attack in Luhansk, Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, talks to girls attending classes at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in Kandahar’s Dand district.
Remarks
01 April 2022
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the high-level pledging event on supporting the humanitarian response in Afghanistan
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom in Moldova meeting refugee children fleeing Ukraine war.
Press release
26 March 2022
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom in Moldova to meet refugee children fleeing Ukraine war
Visit comes as number of child refugees exceeds 1.8 million in just one month
On 24 February 2022, UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, talks to girls attending classes at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in Kandahar’s Dand district.
Statement
24 March 2022
Girls in Afghanistan must go back to school without any further delays
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Two newborn babies being cared for at a makeshift maternity clinic in Ukraine.
Statement
14 March 2022
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
Ukraine. A small child wearing a hat and jacket looks at the camera.
Statement
10 March 2022
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on reported attack against maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine
A woman holds her young daughter in eastern Ukraine.
Statement
01 March 2022
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calling for a suspension of hostilities to carry out urgent humanitarian action in Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, talks to girls attending classes at a UNICEF-supported community-based school in Kandahar’s Dand district.
Statement
01 March 2022
The international community and the de facto authorities must find ways to work together – for the sake of the children of Afghanistan
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the end of three-day trip to Afghanistan
Statement
25 February 2022
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell on children in Ukraine