Press Releases

ROME (September 11, 2018) – New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State...

Report, photos and b-roll, including of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lilly Singh in South Africa, available for download here . NEW YORK ( September 6, 2018) – Half of students aged 13 to 15 worldwide –...

NEW YORK (September 7, 2018) – A further escalation of fighting in Idlib, northwestern Syria, will put the lives of more than 1 million children at imminent risk, UNICEF said today. “Thousands of...

NEW YORK (September 5, 2018) – “Twenty-one children were killed in the Yemen conflict in July, according to United Nations teams on the ground. Another 55 were reportedly killed in two weeks in August...

NEW YORK (August 24, 2018) – “I had hoped that the outrage that followed the Saada attack in Yemen two weeks ago would be a turning point in the conflict. Yesterday’s reported attacks in Ad-Durayhimi...

NEW YORK (August 24, 2018) – International supermodel and UNICEF Supporter Gigi Hadid traveled with UNICEF USA to Bangladesh last week, promoting the rights and well-being of every child. During her...

NEW YORK / COX’S BAZAR (August 23, 2018) – More than half a million Rohingya refugee children in southern Bangladesh are being denied the chance of a proper education, and international efforts are...

NEW YORK (August 19, 2018) – “Today as we mark World Humanitarian Day, we pause to recognize the dedication and courage of our colleagues around the world, honor our colleagues who have lost their...

NEW YORK (August 18, 2018) – “I was saddened and heartbroken to learn of the passing of Kofi Annan. Father. Husband. Humanitarian. Elder. He was a lifelong servant of peace.” “He was particularly...

KINSHASA / NEW YORK / DAKAR / GENEVA (August 17, 2018) – Children represent an unusually high proportion of people affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the...