Press Releases

NASSAU / PANAMA / NEW YORK (September 6, 2019) – Earlier today, UNICEF was able to access Abaco, the area of the Bahamas most affected by Hurricane Dorian three days ago. In and around Marsh Harbour...

NEW YORK (August 30, 2019) – “Almost 600 children have now lost their lives to the Ebola outbreak in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) out of almost 850 who have caught the...

NEW YORK (August 29, 2019) – UNICEF USA stands strongly opposed to child immigration detention anywhere in the world, and the recently proposed U.S. Government rule to remove protections for detained...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2019) – “It is my sincere hope that the protection and wellbeing of children in Syria will be front and center during talks held by world leaders this weekend at the G7 Summit....

NEW YORK (August 23, 2019) – More than 1.9 million children have been forced out of school in West and Central Africa due to an upsurge in attacks and threats of violence against education across the...

NEW YORK (August 23, 2019) – Detention for any length of time, with or without their families, is bad for children. The proof is there. Detained children experience long-lasting harm on their well...

NEW YORK (August 21, 2019) – UNICEF Ambassador Halima Aden traveled with UNICEF USA to Italy in August, where she met with refugee adolescents and families. Aden, a former refugee, shared her own...

NEW YORK (August 20, 2019) – UNICEF appealed for more than US $70 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to 900,000 children across Venezuela through the end of the year. New funding...

NEW YORK (August 16, 2019) – Frustration and despair are overwhelming young Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh, UNICEF said today. The UN children’s agency has issued a new report calling...

NEW YORK (August 13, 2019) – The number of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied due to the Ebola epidemic has more than doubled since...