Press Releases
UNICEF and WFP: Race against Time to Save Millions of Lives in Yemen
04/25/2017
NEW YORK (April 25, 2017) – The continuing violence in Yemen is fuelling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly 7 million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and...
In Drought-Hit Somalia, Children Also Face Potentially Deadly Measles Threat
04/25/2017
NEW YORK (April 25, 2017) – Almost 30,000 young children, many of them displaced by a searing drought, are being vaccinated against measles this week in an emergency campaign in Baidoa, a town at the...
More Than 150 Children Estimated to Have Died Taking Central Mediterranean Migration Route This Year - UNICEF
04/21/2017
NEW YORK (April 21, 2017) – According to UNICEF estimates, more than 150 children have died crossing the Central Mediterranean from North Africa to Italy so far this year. Yet the true number of child...
UNICEF USA Invites Americans to Show the World Their Kid Power and Help End Global Malnutrition this May with UNICEF Kid Power
04/20/2017
NEW YORK (April 20, 2017) – UNICEF USA is inviting kids and families in the U.S. to get active and save lives with UNICEF Kid Power this May.Only 1 in 4 American kids get enough physical activity...
Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, on Reported Child Killings in Syria
04/16/2017
NEW YORK (April 16, 2017) – “After six years of war and human carnage in Syria ... six years of heartbreak for so many Syrian families... there comes a new horror that must break the heart of anyone...
Lake Chad Conflict: Alarming Surge in Number of Children Used in Boko Haram Bomb Attacks This Year – UNICEF
04/12/2017
NEW YORK (April 12, 2017) – The number of children used in ‘suicide’ attacks in the Lake Chad conflict has surged to 27 in the first quarter of 2017, compared to nine over the same period last year...
STAR WARS: FORCE FOR CHANGE CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF STAR WARS WITH EPIC FUNDRAISING EVENT
04/11/2017
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Apr. 11, 2017) – Star Wars: Force For Change in collaboration with Omaze will launch the Star Wars “Past, Present and Future” fundraising campaign to benefit UNICEF and...
200,000 Children Need Urgent Support to Overcome Trauma of Volatile Conflict in Eastern Ukraine – UNICEF
04/07/2017
NEW YORK (April 7, 2017) – More than 200,000 children – or 1 in 4 – in the two regions most severely affected by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine require urgent and sustained psychosocial...
At Least 27 Children Killed in Idlib Attack - UNICEF
04/06/2017
NEW YORK (April 6, 2017) – At least 27 children were confirmed killed in the attack in Idlib, in northwest Syria, UNICEF said today. A further 546 people, among them many children, have been injured...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Reports of Chemical Weapons Attacks on Children and Families in Syria
04/05/2017
NEW YORK (April 4, 2017) – “The images of children choking and dying in the streets of Idlib, Syria, following alleged chemical weapons attacks, are as horrific as they are heartbreaking. Our thoughts...