Press Releases
Kid Power! Target Partners with UNICEF USA to Empower Kids to Get Active and Save Lives
October 13, 2015 It’s no secret that kids across the U.S. have major superhero potential. And soon, they’ll have the power to save lives and help provide therapeutic food packets to kids around the...
New Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF PSAs Feature Charlie Brown and The Peanuts Movie Cast Urging Kids to Make a Difference This Halloween
NEW YORK (October 9, 2015) – “Want to be part of something totally awesome?” That’s Charlie Brown’s question to American kids in a new public service announcement (PSA), as he encourages them to take...
UNICEF and WHO Ready to Support Immediate Polio Vaccination Campaign in Ukraine
NEW YORK (October 9, 2015) – Six weeks after the polio outbreak in Ukraine, UNICEF and WHO have stepped up calls for an immediate first round of nationwide polio vaccination. Ukraine’s Ministry of...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake Marking the 50th Anniversary of UNICEF Being Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
NEW YORK (October 6, 2015) – “In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of UNICEF in 1965, UNICEF’s second Executive Director, Henry Labouisse, said that “the welfare of today’s children is...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Deaths of Aid Workers and Hospital Patients in Afghanistan
NEW YORK (October 3, 2015) – “All of us at UNICEF are shocked and saddened by the death of aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres and their patients, after an airstrike on a hospital in northern...
Joint Statement on Somalia’s Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
NEW YORK (October 2, 2015) – “Somalia’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is a significant and very welcome step toward realizing the rights of the country's 6.5 million...
UNICEF: Six Months of Violence in Yemen Leave More Than 500 Children Dead, Some 1.7 Million at Risk of Malnutrition
NEW YORK (October 2, 2015) – Six months of unremitting violence in Yemen have left at least 505 children dead, 702 injured and more than 1.7 million at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF said today. Across...
Safer Learning for More than 2 Million Children Caught in Syrian Conflict
NEW YORK (October 1, 2015) – More than 2 million children whose lives have been torn apart by the conflict in Syria will have better access to education in safe environments through an agreement...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Meets Refugee and Migrant Children on the Move to Western Europe
NEW YORK (September 30, 2015) – Today UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom completed his two-day visit to meet refugee and migrant children seeking refuge in Europe. After visiting the former...
UNICEF: Conflicts, Instability Uproot Over 4.5 Million Children in 5 Countries
NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) – Conflicts and instability in five countries alone have uprooted at least 4.5 million children, UNICEF said on the eve of a United Nations high-level meeting on the...