Press Releases

NEW YORK (January 25, 2018) – At least 1.3 million people, including more than 800,000 children, have been displaced by inter-ethnic violence and clashes between the regular army, militia and armed...

NEW YORK (January 24, 2018) – Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director...

NEW YORK (January 19, 2018) – “I have just spent two days in South Sudan where I saw firsthand how four years of a man-made conflict have left children sick, hungry and on the brink of death. “The...

NEW YORK (January 19, 2018) – “Iraq today hosts one of UNICEF’s largest operations in the world, responding with humanitarian and development assistance to the needs of the most vulnerable girls and...

NEW YORK (January 17, 2018) – In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) – say time is running out to save hundreds of...

NEW YORK (January 16, 2018) – The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk...

NEW YORK (January 16, 2018) – More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015, according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen...

NEW YORK (January 14, 2018) – “At a time when most parents are filled with new year’s hope for their children’s future, mothers and fathers in Syria are left grieving for the children they have lost....

NEW YORK (January 1, 2018) – Henrietta Fore takes office today as UNICEF’s seventh Executive Director. Ms. Fore brings to the role more than four decades of private and public sector leadership...

NEW YORK (December 29, 2017) – “We have passed the grim milestone of 1,000 days of war in Yemen. As violence has escalated in recent days, children and families are yet again being killed in attacks...