Press Releases
Latest Threat to Displaced Children in Iraq: Winter
12/11/2018
NEW YORK, (December 10, 2018) – As Nadia Murad, the Yazidi activist and survivor of gender-based violence is honored with the Nobel Prize for Peace, UNICEF is calling attention to the plight of...
Yemen’s Children: 15 Million Lives Scarred and Voices Not Heard
12/05/2018
NEW YORK (December 5, 2018) – “The living conditions of millions of children in Yemen are a disgrace. There is no excuse for these dark realities in the 21 st century. Wars, deep economic crises and...
Conflict Shuts a Third of Schools in Yemen’s Port City of Hudaydah
11/30/2018
NEW YORK (November 30, 2018) – “More than 60,000 boys and girls are out of school because of the fighting in and around the port city of Hudaydah in Yemen. The violence has forced over a third of all...
Two in Three Children in the Central African Republic Need Humanitarian Assistance
11/30/2018
NEW YORK (November 30, 2018) – Five years after Bangui descended into bloodshed, life in the Central African Republic is even harsher and more dangerous for children. Despite the escalating crisis...
UNICEF Statement on Situation of Migrant Children at Mexico-U.S. Border
11/28/2018
NEW YORK (November 28, 2018) – “UNICEF is deeply concerned for the safety and wellbeing of the more than 1,000 migrant children moving through Mexico or waiting at the border in Tijuana for their...
Funding Gaps Threaten to Leave Nearly 1 Million Children Out in the Cold in the Middle East and North Africa
11/27/2018
NEW YORK (November 27, 2018) – With cold and rainy weather sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, nearly 1 million children affected by crises in the region risk being left out in the cold...
UNICEF Strengthens Support for Women and Children in Venezuela
11/26/2018
NEW YORK/PANAMA (November 26, 2018) – UNICEF has flown in nearly 130 metric tons of medicines, health and nutrition supplies for 350,000 women and children in Venezuela since August to boost...
Millie Bobby Brown Named UNICEF’s Youngest-Ever Goodwill Ambassador
11/20/2018
NEW YORK (November 20, 2018) – Emmy-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown has been announced as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment – marked on World Children’s Day at United Nations...
Number of Children Suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition Across the Sahel Reaches 10-Year High
11/16/2018
DAKAR / NEW YORK (November 16, 2018 ) – More than 1.3 million children under five years of age in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition across six Africa’s Sahel countries are expected to...
Growing Calls for Ceasefire in Yemen a Welcome Sign, but Country’s Children Need an End to War
11/16/2018
NEW YORK (November 16, 2018) – “The increasing number of appeals for a ceasefire in Yemen and resumption of political talks, offer a glimmer of hope to Yemeni children that peace might one day return...