Press Releases
Joint Statement: UNHCR and UNICEF Chiefs, on Joint Visit to Lebanon, Call for More Action to Protect and Empower Syrian Refugee Women and Girls as World Marks International Women’s Day
03/08/2018
NEW YORK (March 8, 2018) – With women and girls making up more than half of the registered Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, and with nearly 40 percent of refugee households in the country headed...
UNICEF Report: Over Half a Billion ‘Uncounted’ Children Live in Countries Unable to Measure SDG Progress
03/07/2018
NEW YORK (March 7, 2018) – Early assessment of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals confirms an alarming lack of data in 64 countries, as well as insufficient progress toward...
25 Million Child Marriages Prevented in Last Decade Due to Accelerated Progress, According to New UNICEF Estimates
03/06/2018
NEW YORK (March 6, 2018) – The prevalence of child marriage is decreasing globally with several countries seeing significant reductions in recent years, UNICEF said today. Overall, the proportion of...
Statement on the Attack Against Humanitarian Workers in Northeast Nigeria
03/02/2018
NEW YORK (March 2, 2018) –“UNICEF is shocked by the attack on 1 March in Rann, Borno State, in which three aid workers lost their lives, three were injured and one is reportedly missing. “One of these...
Attack Against Humanitarian Workers in the Central African Republic
03/01/2018
NEW YORK (March 1, 2018) – “All of us at UNICEF are deeply saddened and shocked by the killing of our colleague, along with five other education workers, who were attacked on February 25 while...
Nearly 19 Million Newborns at Risk of Brain Damage Every Year Due to Iodine Deficiency
03/01/2018
NEW YORK (March 1, 2018) – Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year – 14 percent – are at risk of permanent yet preventable brain damage and reduced cognitive function due to a lack of iodine...
Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP Statement: Nearly Two-Thirds of the Population in South Sudan at Risk of Rising Hunger
02/26/2018
NEW YORK (February 26, 2018) – More than 7 million people in South Sudan – almost two-thirds of the population – could become severely food insecure in the coming months without sustained humanitarian...
85 Percent of Syrian Children in Host Communities Live in Poverty - UNICEF
02/25/2018
NEW YORK (February 25, 2018) – Syrian refugee families living in host communities in Jordan are increasingly struggling to meet their basic needs, including educating and protecting their children...
Cyclone Season and Threat of Violence Loom Over 720,000 Rohingya Children in Myanmar and Bangladesh – UNICEF
02/22/2018
NEW YORK (February 23, 2018) – Urgent efforts are needed to help more than 720,000 Rohingya children who are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence...
The War ON Children in Syria
02/20/2018
NEW YORK (February 20, 2018) – “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones”[1]. “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ENDs- [1] UNICEF is issuing this blank...