Press Releases

NEW YORK (November 24, 2024) - "UNICEF stands ready to work with governments, partners, and the private sector to ensure that the new $300 billion climate finance target agreed today at COP29 is met...

NEW YORK (November 22, 2024) – At a World Children’s Day event on Capitol Hill this week, UNICEF USA honored Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Representative...

NEW YORK (November 21, 2024) - "The humanitarian crisis in Myanmar is reaching a critical inflexion point, with escalating conflict and climate shocks putting children and families at unprecedented...

NEW YORK (November 20, 2024) – The future of childhood hangs in the balance if urgent action is not taken to safeguard children’s rights in a changing world, UNICEF warned in its flagship report...

NEW YORK/GLENDALE (November 20, 2024) – On World Children’s Day, the Clarios Foundation announced a new investment to improve children’s environmental health globally. The latest commitment was...

NEW YORK (November 19, 2024) - Despite more than 200 children killed in Lebanon in less than two months, a disconcerting pattern has emerged: their deaths are met with inertia from those able to stop...

NEW YORK (November 18, 2024) – At least 2,406 children have been killed or injured since the escalation of the war in Ukraine nearly 1,000 days ago, according to the latest available verified reports...

NEW YORK (November 12, 2024) – A group of leading organizations today announced the creation of the Child Rights and Sports Alliance (CRSA) in the United States. The goals of the Alliance are to...

NEW YORK (November 12, 2024) - “UNICEF is devastated by reports of an attack that killed three children from the same family, along with their mother, in Kryvyi Rih. “Ten-year-old Kiril, his brother...

NEW YORK (November 11, 2024) - The back-to-back onslaught of Typhoons Kristine and Leon caused widespread damage in the Philippines, leaving thousands of families and children without access to safe...