Press Releases
UNICEF Ramps up Efforts to Assist Children Affected by Massive Earthquake in China
NEW YORK (April 23, 2013) – In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Lushan County, China, which has left at least 190 people dead and 12,000 injured , UNICEF will be intensifying and accelerating...
Pier 1 Imports Raises $1.9 Million for Children through UNICEF Greeting Card Sales
NEW YORK (April 22, 2013) – Sharon Leite, Executive Vice President of Stores at Pier 1 Imports®, the original global importer of imported decorative home furnishings and gifts, presented a check...
Mother’s Day Gifts Help Children Across the Globe
NEW YORK (April 22, 2013) – The U.S. Fund for UNICEF today announced a line of Mother’s Day gifts that help provide children in developing countries with a healthier childhood. Purchasing items like...
UNICEF Staffers Make TIME 100 List “World’s Most Influential People”
NEW YORK (April 18, 2013) – UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake congratulated Christopher Fabian and Erica Kochi, co-leads of UNICEF’s Innovation Unit, on being selected for this year’s prestigious...
UNICEF Reports One in Five Children Unimmunized and At Risk
NEW YORK (April 19, 2013) – UNICEF is concerned that global efforts to vaccinate every child are plateauing as funding falls and political will stagnates. One and a half million children would not...
Emergency Supplies for Women and Children Reach Aleppo and Homs, Syria
NEW YORK (April 19, 2013) — UNICEF and partners have just completed delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the embattled northern Syrian city of Aleppo , while a separate mission this week...
More Children Killed in Central African Republic Amid Escalating Violence
NEW YORK (April 17, 2013) – In the face of the intensifying violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), more and more children are being killed and injured, says UNICEF. UNICEF is calling on all...
UNICEF Report Shows Progress in Fight against Stunting in Children
NEW YORK (April 15, 2013) – A new UNICEF report issued today shows that real progress is being made in the fight against stunted growth, which affects165 million children under the age of five...
American Airlines Employees Helped Raise More Than $1 Million for UNICEF in 2012
Group visits Brazil to see lifesaving programs in action New York, NY (April 15, 2013) – After helping to raise nearly $1.2 million for UNICEF in 2012, four American Airlines flight attendants...
UNICEF Condemns Recruitment of Children by Armed Groups in CAR
Agency warns leaders they will be held responsible for breaches of international law NEW YORK (April 12, 2013) – UNICEF has clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed...