Press Releases

Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN (July 24, 2018) – “UNICEF deplores, in the strongest terms, yet another attack on vital and...

Attributable to Geert Cappelaere , UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN, ( July 19, 2018) - “Up to 180,000 people are estimated to have fled the recent wave of violence...

ABUJA, (July 9, 2018) – UNICEF welcomes today the release of 183 children from Nigerian Armed Forces, in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The release comes after the children, aged 7-18...

NEW YORK/JUBA (July 8, 2018) – Out of 3.4 million babies born in South Sudan since it became the world’s youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million have been born in war, UNICEF said on the eve of South...

NEW YORK (July 2, 2018) - UNICEF USA has appointed Somali-American supermodel and activist Halima Aden as the newest UNICEF Ambassador. The announcement follows Aden’s travels with UNICEF and UNHCR to...

McAllen, Texas (June 27, 2018) – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) President Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, and President and CEO of UNICEF USA Caryl Stern are in McAllen, Texas, for a...

NEW YORK (June 22, 2018) – While UNICEF USA welcomes the Executive Order issued this week, rescinding the practice of separating children from their families, we continue to encourage our nation’s...

NEW YORK (June 19, 2018) – “Stories of children, some of them just babies, being separated from their parents as they seek safety in the U.S. are heartbreaking. “Children – no matter where they come...

NEW YORK (June 12, 2018) – “As Hodeida faces the threat of an assault, I am extremely concerned about the impact it will have on children in this port city and beyond. “UNICEF estimates that at least...