Press Releases

NEW YORK (September 15, 2022) – “The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have now claimed the lives of at least 528 children, according to the latest Government figures. Each and every one of these deaths...

NEW YORK (September 13, 2022) – “The number of Somalia’s youngest children (those aged 6-59 months) who are expected to suffer severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has now increased from 386,000 to 513,550...

NEW YORK (September 13, 2022) – UNICEF today announced a new global education mascot. Uni will serve as an ambassador for learning and symbolize every child’s right to access quality education. Uni...

NEW YORK (September 7, 2022) - UNICEF USA welcomes the news that Massachusetts is the seventh state in the U.S. to officially ban child marriage with no exceptions after Governor Charlie Baker signed...

NEW YORK (September 6, 2022) "You heard the warnings yesterday about a looming famine in areas of the Bay Region of Somalia between October-December this year. It underlines the scale of the crisis...

NEW YORK (August 25, 2022) – Three years of devastating crisis in Lebanon have plunged children into poverty, affecting their health, welfare and education, shattering their hopes and breaking down...

NEW YORK / WARSAW (August 3, 2022) - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas traveled to Poland this week to meet refugee children and families who fled the war in Ukraine. Chopra Jonas...

NEW YORK (July 26, 2022) – Using a total of 27 cargo trucks, UNICEF has delivered life-saving supplies to Odesa to help an estimated 50,000 children in the war-ravaged districts of southern Ukraine...

NEW YORK (July 20, 2022) – "At least three children were killed and several wounded in Zakho, northern Iraq, today. This is devastating proof of the need to stop the use of explosive weapons in...

NEW YORK (June 24, 2022) – "The situation caused by flash floods in north-eastern Bangladesh has deteriorated rapidly over the last week. At this very moment, 3.5 million children are in urgent need...