Press Releases

NEW YORK (June 9, 2017) – “Heavy violence in the city of Ar-Raqqa is threatening the lives of children. UNICEF has received alarming reports that at least 25 children were killed and scores injured in...

NEW YORK (June 9, 2017) – More than 150,000 children are missing out on school as violence and attacks against civilian populations continue in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of...

NEW YORK (June 8, 2017) – The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen continues to rise, reaching 101,820 with 791 deaths as of June 7, 2017. Worst affected are the country’s most vulnerable...

NEW YORK (June 6, 2017) – Stars from the world of entertainment and sport including Mahershala Ali, David Beckham, the All Blacks, Daniel Cormier, Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Hugh Jackman, Sachin...

NEW YORK (June 5, 2017) – “We are receiving alarming reports of civilians including several children being killed in west Mosul. Some were reportedly killed as they desperately tried to flee the...

NEW YORK (June 2, 2017) – “I have just concluded a trip to Yemen to oversee UNICEF’s response to the unprecedented cholera outbreak that is gripping the country. “Cholera is spreading incredibly fast...

NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) – After weeks of intensified conflict in the Central African Republic blocked vital humanitarian assistance to thousands of families displaced by violence in the southeast, two...

NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) – At least 1.3 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance across the Bay of Bengal region following severe weather over the past six days, UNICEF has warned...

NEW YORK (May 31, 2017) – In the past 72 hours, the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen by 10,000 to a total of 65,300. Over 1,000 children suffering from acute watery diarrhea have...

NEW YORK (May 30, 2017) – “ As the UN Security Council yet again holds consultations on the situation in Yemen, UNICEF is reporting an unprecedented increase in the number of suspected cholera cases...