Press Releases
Joint Press Release: Investing in Early Childhood Development Essential to Helping More Children and Communities Thrive, New Lancet Series Finds
10/05/2016
Washington, D.C. (October 4, 2016) – An estimated 43 percent—249 million—of children under five in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are at an elevated risk of poor development due to extreme...
UNICEF Calls for Safety of Schools in Yemen as the New School Year Opens
10/04/2016
NEW YORK (October 4, 2016) – As schools open this week in Yemen, UNICEF urges all parties to the conflict to protect schools. Since the conflict escalated more than 18 months ago, attacks on school...
Children in Aleppo Trapped in “Living Nightmare” – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth
09/28/2016
NEW YORK (September 28, 2016) – At least 96 children have been killed and 223 have been injured in Eastern Aleppo since Friday, UNICEF said. “The children of Aleppo are trapped in a living nightmare,”...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the Attack on the Humanitarian Convoy in Aleppo, Syria
09/20/2016
NEW YORK (September 20, 2016) – “All those with a conscience must condemn the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Aleppo that killed and injured humanitarian workers. “The inter-agency convoy was...
World Leaders Must Invest in Better Data on Children – UNICEF
09/14/2016
NEW YORK (September 14, 2016) – UNICEF is calling on world leaders to invest in better data on children, warning in a new analysis that sufficient data is available only for half of the child-related...
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Comes to the Classroom, Offering the Nation’s Children a Lesson in Global Citizenship
09/13/2016
NEW YORK (September 13, 2016) – This fall, cheered on by teachers across the nation, thousands of students will learn positive global citizenship values and gain the power to make a difference when...
Nearly 50 Million Children “Uprooted” Worldwide – UNICEF
09/07/2016
NEW YORK (September 7, 2016) – Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted – 28 million of them driven from their homes by conflicts not of their making, and millions more...
U.S. Fund for UNICEF and Smithsonian Journeys Announce Journey of a Lifetime Contest
08/29/2016
NEW YORK (August 29, 2016) – The Journey of a Lifetime contest, open to U.S. residents ages 18 or older, invites visitors to UNICEF Market to curate online gift collections for a chance to win a ten...
UNICEF Focuses its Activities in Venezuela in Neonatal Survival, Nutrition, Education, and Violence Prevention and Care
08/28/2016
NEW YORK (August 28, 2016) – Venezuela has achieved significant accomplishments for children in the last 25 years, such as increased school enrollment and the creation of a child sensitive regulatory...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the Humanitarian Pause in Aleppo, Syria
08/26/2016
NEW YORK (August 26, 2016) – “Today is another sad and dangerous day for the children in Syria, in particular those living in Aleppo. “Every child there – everyone affected – needs an immediate pause...