Press Releases
UNICEF and The World Bank Emergency Cash Transfers Reach 9 Million of the Most Vulnerable People in War-torn Yemen
06/05/2018
NEW YORK (May 28, 2018) – Nearly 1.5 million of the most vulnerable families in Yemen – an estimated 9 million people - have received emergency cash transfers from the Emergency Cash Transfer Project...
Statement on the Impact of Renewed Hostilities Between the Gaza Strip and Israel on Children
06/05/2018
NEW YORK (May 29, 2018) – “The exchange of fire between the Gaza strip and Israel over the past 24-hours, threatens again the lives and well-being of girls and boys. Today, children in the area are...
“We are Seeing an Utter Disregard for the Protection of Children in Conflict” - UNICEF Chief
06/05/2018
NEW YORK (June 5, 2018) – Here are the prepared remarks of UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's joint press briefing with H.E. Mr Olof Skoog...
UNICEF USA Statement on the Protection of Children at our Southern Border
05/29/2018
NEW YORK (May 29, 2018) – UNICEF USA is calling on America to urgently revise its strategies for protecting children at our southern border. We must not punish children who come here seeking...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Meets Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh Camps
05/24/2018
NEW YORK (May 24, 2018) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra has called for more support for vulnerable Rohingya refugee children and women following a four-day trip to refugee camps and...
For Third Time This Year, Hundreds of Children Released by Armed Groups in South Sudan – UNICEF
05/18/2018
NEW YORK (May 18, 2018) – More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Thursday. It was the third such ceremony to take place since the beginning of the year and brings the...
UNICEF Mobilizes Hundreds of Community Workers to Fight Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
05/18/2018
NEW YORK (May 18, 2018) – Scaling up in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNICEF, with the Government of DRC and partners, is mobilizing hundreds of community...
UNICEF Delivers Urgently Needed Health Supplies for 70,000 People in the Gaza Strip
05/17/2018
NEW YORK (May 16, 2018) – UNICEF and partners have delivered two truck-loads of urgently needed medical supplies to the Gaza Strip – enough to meet the needs of an estimated 70,000 people. The drugs...
More Than 60 Rohingya Babies Born in Bangladesh Refugee Camps Every Day – UNICEF
05/16/2018
NEW YORK (May 17, 2018) – More than 16,000 Rohingya babies have been born in refugee camps and informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in the nine months since a spike in violence in Rakhine...
Stop Attacks on Children
05/14/2018
NEW YORK (May 15, 2018) – “From the Central African Republic to South Sudan, and from Syria to Afghanistan, attacks on children in conflict have continued unabated during the first four months of the...