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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...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom Calls for Greater Protection for Refugee and Migrant Children on the Move in Europe
NEW YORK (September 29, 2015) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom has called for greater protection for tens of thousands of refugee and migrant children as they continue their journeys to seek...
Statement Attributable to Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative in Syria on Killings of Children in Syria
NEW YORK (September 28, 2015) – “As violence increases in Syria, UNICEF once again reiterates its call on all parties to immediately stop indiscriminate attacks in civilian populated areas in...
Central Africa Republic: Children Brutally Targeted in Weekend’s Violence
NEW YORK (September 28, 2015) – Children were deliberately targeted in the latest flare of violence in Central African Republic that killed three dozen people and wounded more than a hundred in the...