Press Releases

NEW YORK (April 19, 2016) – At least 150,000 children are affected by the April 15 earthquake in Ecuador, according to initial UNICEF estimates. “We are in a race against time to protect children from...

NEW YORK (April 17, 2016) -- UNICEF delivered 20,000 water purification tablets to Pedernales today, the area worst affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador last night. A UNICEF team...

NEW YORK (April 14, 2016) – A new UNICEF report presents evidence on how inequality affects children in high income countries. The United States and Japan, two of the world’s wealthiest countries...

NEW YORK (April 12, 2016) – The number of children involved in ‘suicide’ attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger has risen sharply over the past year, from 4 in 2014 to 44 in 2015, according to...

NEW YORK (April 11, 2016) – In northern Somalia, UNICEF and the World Food Program (WFP) are stepping up efforts to help communities cope with a severe drought exacerbated by El Niño conditions in...

NEW YORK (April 6, 2016) – With the process of returning refugees and migrants from the Greek islands to Turkey underway as part of the EU-Turkey agreement, UNICEF reminds States of their duty to care...

INDIANAPOLIS (April 5, 2016) – The NCAA honored UNICEF Kid Power on-court during today’s Division I women’s basketball national championship game, presenting a plaque to U.S. Fund for UNICEF President...

NEW YORK (March 29, 2016) – A brutal conflict and a fast-deteriorating humanitarian situation are devastating the lives of millions of children in Yemen and have brought the country to the point of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Let’s Move! Active Schools – part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative – announced five additions to its national...

NEW YORK (March 29, 2016) – UNICEF today launched a series of animated films to help frame positive perceptions towards the tens of millions of children and young people on the move globally. Called...