Press Releases
AT LEAST 100,000 CHILDREN AFFECTED BY MOROCCO EARTHQUAKE – UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 11, 2023) – Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest...
Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
NEW YORK (September 11, 2023) — A hotspot of armed violence in metropolitan Port-au-Prince in recent weeks has put thousands of families at risk in the neighborhoods of Carrefour-Feuilles and Savanes...
Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and the Caribbean hits new record amid violence, instability and climate change
NEW YORK (September 7, 2023) – Children are migrating through Latin America and the Caribbean in record numbers and now account for a larger share of the migrant population than other regions in the...
Conflict in Northeast Nigeria: A $100 Billion Economic Crisis and a Lost Generation, Warns UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 6, 2023) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today released a new study detailing the devastating economic impact of the ongoing conflict in Northeast Nigeria. The study...
Widespread learning loss among Ukraine’s children, as students enter fourth year of disruption to education – UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 29, 2023) – Children across Ukraine are showing signs of widespread learning loss, including a deterioration in learning outcomes of the Ukrainian language, reading and mathematics...
Children in need of support as wildfires rage across Greece - UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 29, 2023) – Two children, both of whom were asylum seekers, are among 27 people who have lost their lives since wildfires broke out across Greece in July, considered to be the largest...
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change
NEW YORK (August 28, 2023) – For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment...
More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas
NEW YORK (August 24, 2023) – At least two million children have been forced from their homes since the conflict in Sudan erupted four months ago – an average of more than 700 children newly displaced...
"Time and time again" children's lives being cut short by attacks in Ukraine
NEW YORK (August 19, 2023) – “Today’s horrific attack on a civilian area in Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine, has reportedly killed a six-year-old child and injured at least 12 other children. "The...
Statement by UNICEF Representative in Niger Stefano Savi on severe impact of ongoing crisis on millions of vulnerable children
NEW YORK (August 19, 2023) – “The crisis unfolding in the Republic of Niger continues to pose an even greater danger for millions of vulnerable children in the country. “The current situation is of...