"UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF"

As hunger, malnutrition rise in Syria, Security Council must ensure border crossing remains open, aid flows to millions, Humanitarian Affairs chief stresses.

Somalia has joined the growing list of countries to receive the COVID-19 vaccines, under the COVAX initiative which aims to ensure fair and equitable access of all nations to the vaccine. UNSOM

Secretary-General António Guterres visited a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) art installation that calls attention to the COVID-19 education emergency and raises awareness about the need for governments to keep schools open. UNIFEED

Secretary-General calls vaccine equity biggest moral test for global community, as Security Council considers equitable availability of doses.

At an event to launch the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, a survivor challenged leaders to “not just only imagine a world without child labour, but to act on it so it becomes our reality." UNIFEED

South Sudan’s peace process ‘linked to strength of international engagement’, Special Representative tells Security Council.

The Sahel Region currently faces an unprecedented crisis as escalating violence, rising levels of food insecurity, continued displacement, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic all converge to create one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world right now, UN Humanitarian agencies warned today. UNTV CH

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said the COVID-19 pandemic must be “a catalyst for making universal health coverage a reality and not just an aspiration.” UNIFEED

The Heads of five UN agencies launched the Education Plus Initiative, aimed at empowering adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa. UNIFEED

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council expresses grave concern about increase in attacks on schools, underlines education’s contribution to peace.