Press Releases
UNICEF Calls for Immediate Release of Abducted School Girls in Nigeria
Statement attributable to Manuel Fontaine, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa NEW YORK (April 16, 2014) - UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the reported abduction of...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Meets with Syrian Children
NEW YORK (April 14, 2014) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom wrapped up a visit last week to Jordan, where he met with children from Syria and their families whose lives have been devastated...
UNICEF Warns Child Malnutrition in South Sudan Could Double
NEW YORK (April 11, 2014) – The youngest citizens of the world’s newest nation are on the verge of a nutrition crisis. Nearly a quarter of a million children in South Sudan will suffer from severe...
UNICEF Helps Reduce Spread of Ebola across West Africa through Information Campaigns
NEW YORK (April 10, 2014) – Together with Ministries of Health and other partners across seven at-risk or affected countries in West Africa, UNICEF is using various means of communication—text...
First Mass Vaccination Campaigns Start since Polio Found in Iraq
Middle East Polio Outbreak Response Continues NEW YORK (April 6, 2014) – Polio vaccination campaigns commenced in Syria, Iraq and Egypt today, aiming to reach more than 20 million children over the...
Racing against time for children in South Sudan: IKEA Foundation supports UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 28, 2014) – The IKEA Foundation today announced a contribution of 1 million euros ($1.3 million) to UNICEF in support of its efforts to scale up the emergency response in South Sudan...
Renewed Violence Threatens Thousands of Trapped Children in Central African Republic
Renewed Violence Threatens Thousands of Trapped Children in Central African Republic NEW YORK (March 28, 2014) – With a new wave of fighting and vicious attacks in Central African Republic (CAR) this...
Urgent Supplies Reach Remote Areas in South Sudan, With Joint Operation By UNICEF And WFP
Emergency distribution points set up as crisis escalates NEW YORK (March 28, 2014) – An urgent operation to deliver food, vaccines, nutrition supplements and other vital relief supplies to one of the...
Hundreds of Thousands of Children Face Humanitarian Disaster in South Sudan, says UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 26, 2014) – Unless the humanitarian situation inside South Sudan improves rapidly for children and families, nearly a million people—mostly women and children—will face an even greater...