Press Releases
490,000 Children Affected By Devastating Floods In South Sudan
10/25/2019
NEW YORK (October 25, 2019) – An estimated 490,000 children are affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan, UNICEF warned today. Exceptional heavy rain since July, have affected some 908,000 people in...
UNICEF’s Update On The Humanitarian Situation For Children In Northeast Syria
10/22/2019
NEW YORK (October 22, 2019) – The latest estimates put the number of children displaced since October 9 at 80,000. Five children have been killed and 26 injured. Water supply to Al-Hasakeh city...
Lack Of Funding Leaves Millions Of Children In Conflict And Disaster Zones At Risk
10/22/2019
NEW YORK (October 22, 2019) – Millions of children living in areas affected by conflict and disaster are at risk because of substantial shortages in funding for lifesaving humanitarian programs...
Water Station In Northeast Syria Out Of Service, Impacting 400,000 People As Violence Continues
10/18/2019
NEW YORK (October 18, 2019) – “As violence continues today in the town of Ras Al-Ain, the A’llouk water station in the town has now been out of service for more than one week. The station, situated...
UNICEF USA Remains Committed to Protecting Children as Apprehensions of Migrant Families and Children at U.S.-Mexico Border Tripled in 2019
10/18/2019
NEW YORK (October 18, 2019) – Nearly one million migrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, with the number of family and child apprehensions tripling, during the fiscal year 2019, according...
Nearly 70,000 Children Displaced As Violence Escalates In Northeast Syria
10/15/2019
NEW YORK ( October 14, 2019) – “UNICEF estimates that nearly 70,000 children have been displaced since hostilities in northeast Syria escalated nearly a week ago. “UNICEF confirms that at least four...
Chloé and UNICEF optimize higher learning and education opportunities for adolescent girls
10/11/2019
GENEVA / NEW YORK / PARIS ( October 11, 2019) – Chloé and UNICEF are proud to announce today, on the International Day of the Girl, a new global partnership to advance gender equality through...
Concacaf and UNICEF USA unite to support relief efforts in the Bahamas
10/10/2019
MIAMI / NEW YORK (October 10, 2019) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) is teaming up with UNICEF USA to bring awareness to relief efforts in...
Statement By UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore On The Latest Developments In Syria
10/10/2019
NEW YORK ( October 10, 2019) – “UNICEF is greatly concerned by the latest developments in northeast Syria. I urge all parties to protect children and the civilian infrastructure on which they depend...
As Measles Deaths In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo Top 4,000, UNICEF Rushes Medical Kits To Health Centers And Vaccinates Thousands More Children
10/09/2019
NEW YORK (October 9, 2019 ) – UNICEF is vaccinating thousands more children against measles and rushing life-saving medicines to health centers across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as...