Press Releases
UNICEF Calls for Greater Attention to the Plight of Unaccompanied Children on the Move through Southeast Europe
10/13/2016
NEW YORK (October 13, 2016) – Hundreds of unaccompanied children are still on the move through Southeast Europe despite official border closures, yet little is known of their fate, says UNICEF, as a...
UNICEF condemns attacks on teachers in Kaga-Bandoro
10/13/2016
NEW YORK (October 13, 2016) – Three teachers in training, the director of the Regional Pedagogical Center were violently killed in Kaga-Bandoro, Central African Republic, on Wednesday, October 12th...
Statement Attributed to UNICEF Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe
10/12/2016
NEW YORK (October 12, 2016) – The commitment by the UK and France to find urgent solutions for all the hundreds of refugee and migrant children languishing in Calais for months, could not come a...
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria, on Attack on a School in Daraa
10/12/2016
NEW YORK (October 12, 2016) – “UNICEF deplores yesterday’s attack on the “That al-Netaqeen” primary school in the city of Daraa which killed five school children, aged between four and 16, and left 15...
Massive Immunization Campaign to Reach 41 Million Children in Nigeria and Region to Contain Polio Outbreak
10/11/2016
NEW YORK (October 11, 2016) – A major health campaign is underway in the Lake Chad Basin area to vaccinate over 41 million children against polio to contain the recent outbreak of the disease in north...
One Week After Hurricane Matthew, At Least 300 Schools Damaged in Haiti, Over 100,000 Children Miss Out on Learning – UNICEF
10/10/2016
NEW YORK (October 10, 2016) – One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, and as schools reopen across the country, more than 100,000 children will be missing out on learning after their...
Race against time to prevent spread of waterborne diseases in hurricane-hit areas as rainy season starts in Haiti – UNICEF
10/08/2016
NEW YORK, (October 8, 2016) – With the start of the rainy season, and as the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the threat of waterborne diseases to...
Hurricane Matthew: UNICEF Delivers Lifesaving Humanitarian Supplies to Haiti
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – A chartered cargo aircraft loaded with tons of humanitarian supplies will be hitting the ground in Port-au-Prince in the next few hours. The shipment comes from UNICEF...
Girls Spend 160 Million More Hours than Boys Doing Household Chores Everyday – UNICEF
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – Girls between 5 and 14 years old spend 40 percent more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid household chores and collecting water and firewood compared to boys...
Half a Million Children Live in Areas Hardest Hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti – UNICEF
10/07/2016
NEW YORK (October 7, 2016) – An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF said today. Three...