Press Releases
Iconic Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Campaign Goes Digital with 2014 Spokesperson Zendaya
New York (September 2, 2014) – Actress, platinum recording artist and author Zendaya, this year’s Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF spokesperson, is asking kids in the U.S. to make a difference in the lives...
UNICEF Conducts its Largest Emergency Supply Operation Ever in a Single Month
NEW YORK (August 26, 2014) – This August UNICEF shipped 1,000 metric tons of life-saving supplies for children caught in the world’s most urgent crises—the largest emergency supply operation in the...
UNICEF Statement on Latest Deaths of Children in Israel and Gaza
"Children are bearing the brunt of a conflict that is not of their making. The fighting is inflicting terrible suffering on children and having a devastating impact on the infrastructure upon which...
UNICEF: Horrifying Accounts of Child Rights Violations Emerge from Survivors of Violence in Northwestern Iraq
NEW YORK (August 20, 2014) – Testimonies gathered from civilians who fled the recent offensive by armed groups in the Sinjar district of northwestern Iraq have revealed appalling accounts of killing...
UNICEF: More than 100 Children Released from Armed Groups in Central African Republic in Past Week
NEW YORK (August 18, 2014) – One hundred and three children, ages 8 to 17, were released over the past week from armed groups in the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), Bangui, following...
UNICEF Steps Up its Humanitarian Response in Northern Iraq
NEW YORK (August 12, 2014) – As the humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Iraq, UNICEF and other humanitarian actors are stepping up efforts to meet the urgent needs of up to 30,000 members of...
Mass Polio Vaccination Campaign Supported by WHO and UNICEF Kicks off in Iraq
NEW YORK (August 11, 2014) – Iraq has launched a polio immunization campaign aiming to protect more than four million children under the age of 5 throughout the country against the crippling disease...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake On the Situation in Gaza
NEW YORK (July 30, 2014) – “Another school in Gaza has come under fire, killing more children in a conflict where such an outrage has become commonplace. “For 23 days, too many children in Gaza have...
Statement by Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, on Attack on School in Gaza
NEW YORK (July 25, 2014) – “Yesterday’s attack on Beit Hanoun Elementary Co-Ed A and D School—the third school hit this week—is proof that much more needs to be done to protect innocent children....
IN AN EXCLUSIVE VIDEO FROM SET, J.J. ABRAMS OFFERS FANS THE CHANCE TO WIN A PRIVATE HOMETOWN SCREENING OF STAR WARS: EPISODE VII BEFORE IT HITS THEATERS (IN ADDITION TO CHANCE TO BE IN THE FILM)
LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY 21, 2014 — All Wings Report In! On the set of Star Wars : Episode VII, Director J.J. Abrams was interrupted by an X-Wing pilot and rogue robot as he announced the chance for fans...