Press Releases

YAMBIO, South Sudan (August 7, 2018) – More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth...

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore SANA’A/NEW YORK (August 1, 2018) – “Attacks against civilian facilities and services are unacceptable, inhumane and in breach of the basic laws...

VIENTIANE, LAO PDR (July 25, 2018) – UNICEF is working with the Government of Lao PDR and development partners to provide essential support and services to around 6,331 people, including children...

RAMALLAH (July 26, 2018) – Almost all Palestinian children, between the ages of six and nine, are in school, but by age 15, nearly 25 percent of boys and 7 percent of girls have dropped out, according...

Attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN (July 24, 2018) – “UNICEF deplores, in the strongest terms, yet another attack on vital and...

Attributable to Geert Cappelaere , UNICEF Regional Director in the Middle East and North Africa AMMAN, ( July 19, 2018) - “Up to 180,000 people are estimated to have fled the recent wave of violence...

ABUJA, (July 9, 2018) – UNICEF welcomes today the release of 183 children from Nigerian Armed Forces, in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. The release comes after the children, aged 7-18...

NEW YORK/JUBA (July 8, 2018) – Out of 3.4 million babies born in South Sudan since it became the world’s youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million have been born in war, UNICEF said on the eve of South...

NEW YORK (July 2, 2018) - UNICEF USA has appointed Somali-American supermodel and activist Halima Aden as the newest UNICEF Ambassador. The announcement follows Aden’s travels with UNICEF and UNHCR to...

McAllen, Texas (June 27, 2018) – Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) President Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, and President and CEO of UNICEF USA Caryl Stern are in McAllen, Texas, for a...