Press Releases

NEW YORK (October 6, 2020) – It is now 10 days since violence escalated dramatically in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. There are already reports of four children killed and seven injured, and...

NEW YORK (October 6, 2020) – UNICEF continues to be deeply concerned about thousands of children at risk amid unrelenting violence in Ituri, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Children...

NEW YORK (October 5, 2020) – This World Teachers’ Day, celebrated under the theme, “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”, the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait...

NEW YORK (September 30, 2020) – "UNICEF is proud to be part of this historic initiative. “Three decades ago, we led the universal child immunization initiative. “Today, with our partners — and thanks...

NEW YORK (September 29, 2020) – “The 30th anniversary of the first ever World Summit for Children is an opportunity to celebrate the huge gains of the past three decades but also a stark reminder of...

NEW YORK (September 25, 2020) – Fragile gains made to advance women and children’s health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new report from Every Woman Every...

NEW YORK (September 23, 2020) – The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the UN, specialized agencies and partners today called on countries to develop and implement action plans to promote...

NEW YORK (September 17, 2020) – The number of children living in multidimensional poverty has soared to approximately 1.2 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new UNICEF and Save the...

NEW YORK, NY (September 17, 2020) – Today, with only 27% of parents expected to take their children trick-or-treating this Halloween, UNICEF USA is proud to announce the launch of a Trick-or-Treat for...

NEW YORK (September 11, 2020) – The recent vaccine-derived polio outbreaks confirmed in Yemen and Sudan are consequences of increasingly low levels of immunity among children. Each outbreak has...