Press Releases
UNICEF Scales up Response to Combat Child Malnutrition in Myanmar
NEW YORK (November 27, 2012) — While precise information about nutrition levels in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is still difficult to obtain, UNICEF is very concerned about the extent and severity of child...
UNICEF Readies Winter Supplies for Children Affected by Syria Crisis
NEW YORK (November 26, 2012) — UNICEF is urgently mobilizing more than 100,000 children’s clothing kits, 160,000 blankets and other winter supplies for displaced children in Syria and surrounding...
UNICEF Steps up Support for Children Caught in Conflict in D.R. Congo
NEW YORK (November 26, 2012) — As clashes between the M23 movement and the Congolese Army continue in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, children are caught on the frontlines. UNICEF is on the...
IKEA and Gucci Products Top the 2012 List of Gifts That Give Back to Support UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 20, 2012) — Shoppers can help save young lives while giving unique gifts to loved ones this holiday season. Having pioneered the sale of greeting cards to raise money for vulnerable...
By 2025, One in Three Children will be Born in Africa, Says UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 20, 2012) — On Universal Children’s Day, UNICEF issued a new research paper highlighting global demographic shifts forecast for the coming generation of children that present major...
Lack of Toilets Among Leading Causes of Child Deaths, Says UNICEF on World Toilet Day
NEW YORK (November 19, 2012) — On World Toilet Day, UNICEF says that significant progress can be made in decreasing the number of people globally who practice open defecation, based on trends over the...
The Annual IKEA Soft Toys for Education Campaign Begins with the Distribution of Thousands of Soft Toys Across the Nation
PARTNER RELEASE CONSHOHOCKEN, PA (November 14, 2012) — Mr. Broccoli, Clown Dog and a cast of adorable soft toy characters: What a surprise it will be when thousands of these IKEA soft toys will be...
UNICEF Appealing for Emergency Funding to Help Children Affected by Civil Unrest in Myanmar
NEW YORK (November 13, 2012) — Since unrest broke out in Rakhine State, Myanmar in June, UNICEF has provided urgently needed help to save severely malnourished children, to prevent water borne...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on World Polio Day
NEW YORK (October 24, 2012) — “World Polio Day is a stirring reminder of all that we have achieved together in the fight against polio . There is much to celebrate. Fewer children than ever before...
Looming Threat of Winter Major Concern among Syrian Refugees
MAFRAQ, Jordan (October 16 2012) — UNICEF is accelerating its efforts to help children and families displaced by the Syria crisis deal with the coming winter, in a region where temperatures can...