Press Releases
2019 concludes a ‘deadly decade’ for children in conflict, with more than 170,000 grave violations verified since 2010
12/30/2019
NEW YORK (December 30, 2019) – Children continue to pay a deadly price as conflicts rage around the world, UNICEF said today. Since the start of the decade, the United Nations has verified more than...
TikTok Celebrates Family Moments in Support of UNICEF, Urges its Community to Come Together to Create Videos for Good Using #TikTokTraditions
12/23/2019
GENEVA/LONDON/NEW YORK (December 23, 2019) - TikTok, the leading destination for short-form mobile video, has partnered with UNICEF on a year-end global campaign to celebrate special moments during...
Nine Afghan Children Killed Or Maimed Daily In World’s Most Lethal Warzone
12/17/2019
NEW YORK (December 17, 2019) – The 40-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and parties are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF...
Marc Anthony, Javier Báez, and Henry Cárdenas join kids in Puerto Rico to celebrate restored community baseball fields through LISC’s Play Ball Again initiative
12/16/2019
LOIZA, Puerto Rico (December 14, 2019) — Little League baseball is coming home to hurricane-weary communities in Puerto Rico. Today, music icon Marc Anthony and Chicago Cubs All-Star infielder Javier...
Gigi Hadid Travels with UNICEF USA to See Lifesaving Programs for Children in Senegal
12/16/2019
(Photo Courtesy of Vincent Tremeau for UNICEF USA) NEW YORK (December 16, 2019) – Gigi Hadid, international supermodel and UNICEF Supporter, travelled to Senegal last week to see first-hand the work...
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Crocs to Donate 50,000 Pairs of Classic Clogs to UNICEF
12/12/2019
NIWOT, Colo. (Dec. 12, 2019) - Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), in partnership with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas, today announced that 50,000 pairs of Crocs Classic clogs will be...
PIX11 announces partnership with UNICEF USA to support and empower children
12/11/2019
NEW YORK (December 11, 2019) – As UNICEF – the global children’s humanitarian organization – celebrates its 73rd anniversary today, PIX11 is pleased to announce a media partnership with UNICEF USA to...
As Impact Of Climate Crisis Worsens, Caribbean Islands See Six-Fold Increase In Estimated Number Of Children Displaced By Storms, New UNICEF Report Shows
12/06/2019
NEW YORK (December 6, 2019) – The estimated number of children displaced by storms and flooding in the Caribbean islands* saw a six-fold increase in the past five years, a new UNICEF report said today...
More Than 6,100 Unaccompanied Refugee And Migrant Children In Italy In Need Of Community And Family-Based Care
12/05/2019
NEW YORK (December 5, 2019) – “Approximately 94 percent of all unaccompanied and separated refugee and migrant children currently in Italy, 6,172 children under 18, are living in reception centers...
Eight Children Reportedly Killed In Attacks On Tal Rifaat In Rural Aleppo North Of Syria
12/03/2019
NEW YORK (December 3, 2019) – “We are shocked and saddened by reports that eight children were killed and another eight were injured in attacks on Tal Rifaat town, northern Aleppo. All of them were...