Press Releases
Call for Entries: Annual Pier 1 Imports®/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest Now Accepting Submissions for 2017 Holiday Season
11/01/2016
NEW YORK (November 1, 2016) – From November 1–23, the annual Pier 1 Imports/UNICEF Greeting Card Contest invites children in the United States ages 14 and under to submit their original artwork for...
Pollution: 300 million children breathing toxic air - UNICEF report
10/31/2016
NEW YORK (October 31, 2016) – Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six or more times higher than international...
UNICEF Calls on Italian Parliament to Pass Bill Providing Support for Record Number of Unaccompanied Refugee and Migrant Children
10/27/2016
NEW YORK (October 27, 2016) – UNICEF is calling on the Italian parliament to urgently pass a historic bill that would strengthen support and protection for the record number of unaccompanied and...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Multiple Attacks on Schools in Syria
10/27/2016
NEW YORK (October 27, 2016) – “Yesterday, when a school compound in Syria was repeatedly attacked, killing dozens of children and teachers, we thought we had seen the depths of depravity. “Today’s...
145 children released armed groups in South Sudan – UNICEF
10/26/2016
NEW YORK (October 26, 2016) – A total of 145 children were today released by armed groups in South Sudan, UNICEF has announced. This is the largest number of children freed since 2015, when 1,775...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on deadly attacks on schools in Idlib, northwest Syria
10/26/2016
NEW YORK (October 26, 2016) – “Twenty-two children and six teachers were reportedly murdered today when their school compound was repeatedly attacked in Idlib, Syria. “This is a tragedy. It is an...
Haiti Funding Needs Nearly Triple Following Hurricane Matthew - UNICEF
10/26/2016
NEW YORK (October 26, 2016) – Three weeks since Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti, UNICEF said it would need an additional $22.5 million to meet the increasing needs of children in the country...
Displaced Children in Iraq Tell Their Stories
10/25/2016
NEW YORK (October 25, 2016) – There are more than 16,000 children in Debaga Camp, displaced from various areas in northern Iraq. Many of these children have lived under the so-called Islamic State and...
Joint WHO/UNICEF News Release: Major Campaign Launched to Immunize 5.8 Million Iraqi Children Against Polio
10/24/2016
NEW YORK (October 24, 2016) – Today, on World Polio Day, the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a weeklong nationwide campaign to immunize...
Children in War-torn Syria Risk their Lives to Go to School
10/21/2016
NEW YORK (October 21, 2016) – With the start of the school year in Syria, over 1.7 million children remain out of school and another 1.3 million are at a risk of dropping out, according to new...