Press Releases

NEW YORK / DAMASCUS (February 15, 2019) - UNICEF-supported vaccinators were able to immunize thousands of children during a 9-day mission to the remote makeshift settlement in Rukban at the border...

NEW YORK / YAMBIO (February 12, 2019) – One hundred and nineteen children were released by an armed group in South Sudan Tuesday, bringing the total number of those freed since the conflict began to...

NEW YORK / MEXICO CITY (January 30, 2019) – More than 12,000 people, including 3,000 children, have crossed from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, to Tapachula, Mexico, since January 17, UNICEF said today. It is...

NEW YORK / GENEVA / NAY PYI TAW / YANGON (January 30, 2019) – UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore urged Myanmar’s authorities to invest in all children, to build a stronger, more harmonious...

KINSHASA / NEW YORK (January 30, 2019) – Since the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was declared six months ago on August 1, 2018, more than 740 people – 30 percent...

NEW YORK / STAMFORD (January 28, 2019) – UNICEF Kid Power and WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced a new partnership that will help give kids the power to save lives by connecting their everyday activity...

CARACAS / PANAMA CITY / NEW YORK (January 25, 2019) – “UNICEF regrets and condemns the reported loss of lives, including the deaths of teenagers, during recent demonstrations in Venezuela, and...

NEW YORK (January 24, 2019) – More than 145,000 Rohingya refugee children living in camps in south-east Bangladesh are now attending UNICEF-supported learning centers, as a new school year begins...

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa NEW YORK (January 15, 2019) – “Freezing temperatures and harsh living conditions in Rukban, at...

NEW YORK, (January 1, 2019) – Almost 11,283 babies will be born in the United States on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. American babies will account for approximately 2.9 percent of the estimated...