Press Releases
Clarios Foundation and UNICEF Partner to Help Protect Children from Environmental Harm
11/01/2022
NEW YORK (NOVEMBER 1, 2022) – Clarios Foundation and UNICEF today announced the renewal and expansion of their partnership to help reduce environmental hazards and create healthy environments for...
Climate Devastation In Pakistan Is An Ominous Precursor Of Catastrophes To Come
10/28/2022
NEW YORK (October 28, 2022) – “As the catastrophic climate disaster continues to upend the lives of millions of children in Pakistan, it is the most vulnerable boys and girls who are paying the...
Millions More US Children To Experience Severe, Sustained And Frequent Heatwaves By 2050: UNICEF
10/25/2022
NEW YORK (October 25, 2022) – 90 percent of children in the United States are currently exposed to high heatwave frequency, according to new research from UNICEF. This is significantly higher than the...
More Than 1.5 Million Children At Risk As Devastating Floods Hit Nigeria
10/21/2022
NEW YORK (October 21, 2022) – More than 2.5 million people in Nigeria are in need of humanitarian assistance – 60 percent of which are children – and are at increased risk of waterborne diseases...
UNICEF Delivers Lifesaving Supplies To Syria To Halt The Spread Of Cholera
10/20/2022
NEW YORK (October 20, 2022) – UNICEF delivered lifesaving health and water, hygiene, and sanitation supplies to Syria earlier this week to scale up efforts to halt the cholera outbreak. The supplies...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note: UNICEF Warns Of Unprecedented Numbers Of Child Deaths In Somalia
10/18/2022
NEW YORK (October 18, 2022) “Today in Somalia, every single minute of every single day, a child is admitted to a health facility for treatment of severe acute malnutrition. The latest admission rates...
Staggering Backsliding Across Women’s, Children’s And Adolescents’ Health Revealed In New Un Analysis
10/18/2022
NEW YORK (October 18, 2022) – A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with...
UNICEF USA Statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Ruling
10/07/2022
NEW YORK (October 7, 2022) – The livelihoods and well-being of nearly 600,000 immigrants and their families currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy continue...
UNICEF Is Deeply Saddened By Tragic Shooting At Early Childhood Development Center In Thailand
10/06/2022
NEW YORK (October 6, 2022) – UNICEF is saddened and shocked by the tragic shooting incident at an early childhood development center in Thailand’s northern province of Nong Bua Lamphu, where dozens of...
Demand For Life-Saving Supplies For Children At An All-Time High As UNICEF Commemorates 60 Years Of Operations In Copenhagen
10/05/2022
NEW YORK (October 5, 2022) – UNICEF is commemorating 60 years of delivering emergency supplies to the world's most vulnerable children from its Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen. The...