Press Releases
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Calls for Greater Protection for Refugee and Migrant Children on the Move in Europe
NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has called for greater protection for tens of thousands of refugee and migrant children as they continue their journeys to seek...
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria on Killings of Children in Syria
NEW YORK (September 28, 2015) – “As violence increases in Syria, UNICEF once again reiterates its call on all parties to immediately stop indiscriminate attacks in civilian populated areas in...
Central Africa Republic: Children Brutally Targeted in Weekend’s Violence
NEW YORK (September 28, 2015) – Children were deliberately targeted in the latest flare of violence in Central African Republic that killed three dozen people and wounded more than a hundred in the...
WHO Removes Nigeria from Polio-Endemic List
NEW YORK (September 25, 2015) -The World Health Organization announced today that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild...
UNICEF Launches New Appeal to Support Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe
NEW YORK (September 25, 2015) – UNICEF is appealing for $14 million to assist refugee and migrant children in Europe, following an 80 percent increase in the number of children on the move into the...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the Adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals
NEW YORK (September 25, 2015) – “Today’s welcome decision marks the end of a process – and a beginning. The drive to turn commitments into action. “We will measure our progress, yes, through...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Novak Djokovic Visits Refugee and Migrant Children in Serbia
NEW YORK (September 23, 2015) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Novak Djokovic visited a UNICEF-supported child-friendly space in Belgrade and met some of the refugee and migrant children who are passing...
UNICEF Ramps Up Mobile Response for Child Refugees and Migrants in Croatia, as Numbers Climb
NEW YORK (September 22, 2015) – UNICEF has established two mobile units of child protection and welfare experts in Croatia, as an estimated 10,000 women and child refugees and migrants have entered...
Shakira and UNICEF Call for Leaders to Join the Early Childhood Revolution
NEW YORK (September 22, 2015) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira today urged global leaders to invest heavily in early childhood development in the wake of new science that is creating a...
HSNi Cares Kicks Off Star Wars-Themed Special Event in Support of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (September 17, 2015) – HSNi Cares, the philanthropic arm of interactive multichannel retailer HSN, Inc., announced today that it is partnering with Lucasfilm to come together in...