Press Releases
Nearly Zero Progress in Reducing the Global Out-of-School Rate over the Past Decade - UNICEF
09/06/2017
NEW YORK (September 6, 2017) – With 11.5 percent of school-age children – or 123 million – missing out on learning today, compared to 12.8 percent – or 135 million – in 2007, the percentage of 6-15...
More than 180 Million People Lack Basic Drinking Water in Countries Ravaged by Conflict or Unrest – UNICEF
08/29/2017
NEW YORK (August 29, 2017) – More than 180 million people do not have access to basic drinking water in countries affected by conflict, violence and instability* around the world, UNICEF warned today...
Use of Children as ‘Human Bombs’ Rising in Northeast Nigeria
08/22/2017
NEW YORK (August 22, 2017) – UNICEF is extremely concerned about an appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as ‘human bombs’ in northeast Nigeria. Children...
UNICEF Responds to Sierra Leone Mudslide as More than 100 Children Reported Dead
08/17/2017
NEW YORK (August 17, 2017) – UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed...
Anucha Browne to Join UNICEF USA Senior Management Team as New Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer
08/17/2017
NEW YORK (August 17, 2017) – UNICEF USA is pleased to announce that Anucha Browne will be joining their Senior Management Team as Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer on November 1, 2017. In this...
More than Half a Million Children in Libya Need Humanitarian Assistance
08/10/2017
NEW YORK (August 10, 2017) – “Six years since the crisis began in Libya, over 550,000 children need assistance because of political instability, ongoing conflict, displacement, and economic collapse...
Babies and Mothers Worldwide Failed by Lack of Investment in Breastfeeding
08/01/2017
NEW YORK (August 1, 2017) – No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration...
Clooney Foundation for Justice Partners with UNICEF to Open Seven Public Schools to Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon
07/31/2017
NEW YORK (July 31, 2017) – The Clooney Foundation for Justice today announced a $2.25 million partnership, which includes a generous donation from Google.org, and a $1 million technology grant from HP...
850,000 Children Displaced by Violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Volatile Kasai Region
07/28/2017
NEW YORK (July 28, 2017) – More than 1 million people have been forced from their homes by waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – making the...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Following Their Joint Visit to Yemen
07/26/2017
NEW YORK (July 26, 2017) – “As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) – we have traveled together to Yemen to see for...