Press Releases
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake Following his Visit to Iraq
03/22/2017
NEW YORK (March 22, 2017) – “I leave Iraq at a time when the country is facing significant challenges and opportunities. “Yet everywhere I visited – East Mosul, Baghdad, Fallujah, Erbil – children and...
Nearly 600 Million Children Will Live in Areas with Extremely Limited Water Resources by 2040 – UNICEF
03/22/2017
NEW YORK (March 22, 2017) – Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on...
One Year on After EU-Turkey Statement, the Human Cost to Refugee and Migrant Children Mounts Up
03/17/2017
NEW YORK (March 17, 2017) – One year after the Balkan border closures and the EU-Turkey Statement, which were aimed at stopping mass migration flows, refugee and migrant children face greater risks of...
Hitting Rock Bottom: Children’s Suffering in Syria at its Worst – UNICEF
03/13/2017
NEW YORK (March 13, 2017) – Grave violations against children in Syria were the highest on record in 2016, said UNICEF in a grim assessment of the conflict’s impact on children, as the war reaches six...
Statement on Impact on Children of New Law in Hungary – Attributed to UNICEF Regional Director and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe, Afshan Khan
03/09/2017
NEW YORK (March 9, 2017) – "UNICEF is alarmed by the adoption of a new law in Hungary that foresees the mandatory detention of refugee and migrant children over 14 years of age. We appeal to the...
Joint Press Release: New European Union Returns Policies Put Children at Risk
03/03/2017
NEW YORK (March 3, 2017) – The European Commission yesterday adopted a Recommendation and Renewed Action Plan for EU member states to consider in their procedures to return men, women and children...
Statement Attributable to Tanya Chapuisat, UNICEF Lebanon Representative, and Hakam Shahwan, Director of UNRWA Affairs a.i. in Lebanon on the Impact and Injuries to Civilians, Including Children, Resulting from the Ongoing Clashes
02/28/2017
NEW YORK (February 28, 2017) – “UNRWA and UNICEF strongly condemn the armed violence in Ein El‑Hilweh Palestine refugee camp in Saida, which directly affects the safety and security of civilians...
A Deadly Journey for Children: The Migration Route from North Africa to Europe
02/28/2017
NEW YORK (February 28, 2017) – Refugee and migrant children and women are routinely suffering sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention along the Central Mediterranean migration route from...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Meets Children and Families Affected by Boko Haram Violence on Niger Trip
02/24/2017
NEW YORK (February 24, 2017) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom this week traveled to Diffa, south-east Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko...
Statement Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director, Urging All Parties at Geneva Talks to Put Syria’s Children First
02/23/2017
NEW YORK (February 23, 2017) – “The heart-wrenching image of a young boy screaming for his father just minutes after losing both his legs in an apparent assault in Idlib last week is another brutal...