Press Releases

• Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on World Humanitarian Day 2018

  Publication Date: 2018-08-19

  Today as we mark World Humanitarian Day, we pause to recognise the dedication and courage of our colleagues around the world, honour our colleagues who have lost their lives in the course of their work, and reavow our commitment to the many millions of children and young people in need of support and protection. Read more »

• Children returned to Central America and Mexico at heightened risk of violence, stigma and deprivation

  Publication Date: 2018-08-16

  Extreme violence, poverty and lack of opportunity are not only powerful drivers of irregular child migration from northern Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) and Mexico, but also consequences of deportations from Mexico and the United States – UNICEF said today in a new report. Read more »

• OPEN LETTER URGES PRIME MINISTER TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS COMMITMENT TO THE RIGHT TO HOUSING

  Publication Date: 2018-08-14

  At a press conference in Ottawa today advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation. Read more »

• Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF ships 90 tons of supplies to help contain spread of deadly disease

  Publication Date: 2018-08-14

  UNICEF is shipping an additional 90 tons of health, water and sanitation supplies to help contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Read more »

• Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is enough

  Publication Date: 2018-08-10

  Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore Read more »

• "I can’t describe to you what’s happening here”: An appeal from the children of Syria

  Publication Date: 2018-08-10

  UNICEF fears that an escalation in violence in Idlib- northwest of Syria- will leave 350,000 children with no place to go Read more »

• More children released from South Sudanese armed groups – UNICEF

  Publication Date: 2018-08-07

  More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth release ceremony in 2018. Read more »

• New Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF mobilizes staff and supplies to help with the response

  Publication Date: 2018-08-03

  Following the August 1 announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, UNICEF has mobilized its teams to help contain the spread of the disease and protect children. Read more »

• Drinking water systems under repeated continuous attack in Yemen

  Publication Date: 2018-08-01

  UNICEF calls for immediate halt to attacks on water facilities and civilian infrastructure in Yemen Read more »

• Three in five babies not breastfed in the first hour of life

  Publication Date: 2018-07-31

  Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives Read more »