Press Releases
UNICEF Delivers Water at the Front Line of Mosul Operation
10/20/2016
NEW YORK (October 20, 2016) – UNICEF this week managed to reach Al Houd, a town just south of Mosul that was retaken by Iraqi security forces just two days prior, and deliver clean water to some of...
UNICEF Calls on European Council to Address Plight of Refugee and Migrant Children
10/20/2016
NEW YORK (October 20, 2016) – “This week’s meeting of the European Council in Brussels is a perfect opportunity for Europe to begin putting in place specific and measurable actions to address the...
Supply of Children’s Five-in-One Vaccine Secured at Lowest-Ever Price
10/20/2016
NEW YORK (October 20, 2016) – Breakthrough prices have been achieved with six vaccine suppliers who offered to price pentavalent vaccine at an 84 cents a dose average – half the price that the UN...
Record Numbers of Unaccompanied Children Arrive in Italy – UNICEF
10/18/2016
NEW YORK (October 18, 2016) – Three newborn babies – two born on Italian Coastguard boats in the Central Mediterranean and one at port – are among the newest arrivals of refugee and migrant children...
Girls Held by Boko Haram Need Support to Rebuild Shattered Lives
10/18/2016
NEW YORK (October 18, 2016) – The emotional reunification with their families on Sunday of 21 of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, highlights the...
Keep Children Safe in Mosul Operation, UNICEF Says
10/17/2016
NEW YORK (October 17, 2016) – More than half a million children and their families in Mosul will be at extreme risk in the coming weeks, UNICEF warned today as a military operation to retake the...
Ecuador Earthquake: Six Months On, Many Children Still in Need of Aid
10/16/2016
NEW YORK (October 16, 2016) – Six months after a major earthquake rocked Ecuador, meeting the needs of children still living in informal shelters and rural areas remains a significant challenge...
Over 300,000 Children under Five Died from Diarrheal Diseases Linked to Limited Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 2015 – UNICEF
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (October 14, 2016) – With cholera spreading fast in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, and with a new outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen, UNICEF urges children, families and communities...
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria, on Children Killed in Aleppo
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (October 14, 2016) – “Yesterday’s attack near the Hatem Al Taai primary school in Aleppo city killed four children and injured three others. The children were on their way to school in the...
Five in six children under two not getting enough nutrition for growth and brain development - UNICEF
10/14/2016
NEW YORK (Oct 14, 2016) – Globally five in six children under two years old are not fed enough nutritious food for their age, depriving them of the energy and nutrients they need at the most critical...