Press Releases

NEW YORK (March 1, 2016) – The dire situation unfolding at border points along the Balkan land route, especially in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece, has left thousands of children...

NEW YORK (March 1, 2016) – The 10 th annual UNICEF Tap Project launched today, celebrating a decade of engaging the American public to provide clean, safe water for children around the world. This...

NEW YORK (February 26, 2016) – As part of a joint endeavor to step up protection for the growing numbers of children and others with specific needs arriving in Europe, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency...

NEW YORK (February 22, 2016) – For Syria’s children, today’s agreement on the terms of a cessation of hostilities is welcome news after five years of brutal conflict. UNICEF welcomes this diplomatic...

NEW YORK (February 19, 2016) – An average of two children have drowned every day since September 2015 as their families try to cross the eastern Mediterranean, and the number of child deaths is...

NEW YORK (February 19, 2016) – The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in eastern Ukraine...

NEW YORK (February 17, 2016) – An initiative to educate over half a million children in South Sudan was launched today by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology with support from UNICEF...

NEW YORK (February 17, 2016) – Almost one million children are in need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today. Two years of erratic rain and...

NEW YORK (February 12, 2016) – As Central African voters prepare to cast their ballot on Sunday to elect their next President and members of Parliament, UNICEF is asking the candidates to place the...

JUBA, 08 February 2016 – South Sudan is facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity, as 2.8 million people – nearly 25 percent of the country’s population – remain in urgent need of food assistance...