Press Releases

• Thousands of children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance amid severe flooding as Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe - UNICEF

  Publication Date: 2019-03-17

  Almost 850,000 people – around half of whom are estimated to be children – have been affected by severe flooding in Malawi and Mozambique, with the numbers set to rise as Cyclone Idai moves west and the impact of the cyclone becomes clearer, UNICEF warned today. Read more »

• “Supporting the future of Syria and the Region” conference

  Publication Date: 2019-03-14

  UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere’s remarks Read more »

• Intensification of fighting impeding humanitarian access and displacing thousands in Hajjah, Yemen

  Publication Date: 2019-03-13

  The most recent attack in Hajjah, north of Hudaydah, on 9 March, took yet another devastating toll on the children of Yemen: 12 were killed while at home and another 14 injured. Read more »

• 2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year

  Publication Date: 2019-03-11

  Ahead of high-level pledging conference and in run-up to 8-year-mark of conflict, UNICEF calls for protection of Syrian children and durable solutions to their plight Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore Read more »

• Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF

  Publication Date: 2019-03-01

  Ten countries accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase in measles in 2018, including significant outbreaks in Brazil, Madagascar, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Yemen Read more »

• 18 months after exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya children at a crossroads

  Publication Date: 2019-02-27

  Young Rohingya refugees in urgent need of education and skills. Half a million Rohingya children are stateless refugees in the Cox’s Bazar area in southern Bangladesh, increasingly anxious about their futures, and vulnerable to frustration and despair. Read more »

• UNICEF welcomes Canada’s support for Yemen children and urges world leaders to do more

  Publication Date: 2019-02-26

  At least 11.3 million – 80 percent of all children in the country – need humanitarian assistance UNICEF Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s announcement of new humanitarian funding of $46.7 million in response to the humanitarian needs of people in Yemen. This was announced earlier today at the Yemen Pledging Conference by the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development.  Read more »

• Increasing number of people face severe food shortages in South Sudan

  Publication Date: 2019-02-22

  Nearly 7 million people expected to be in acute food insecurity at the height of lean season. ***JOINT FAO/UNICEF/WFP NEWS RELEASE *** Read more »

• Redeployment agreement from Hudaydah welcome – calls to bring positive change for children

  Publication Date: 2019-02-20

  Statement by Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa "UNICEF welcomes the recent agreement by parties to the conflict in Yemen to begin the mutual redeployment of forces from the port city of Hudaydah." Read more »

• Thousands of children vaccinated in remote Rukban settlement amid severe lack of access to medical care

  Publication Date: 2019-02-15

  UNICEF-supported vaccinators were able to immunize thousands of children during a 9-day mission to the remote makeshift settlement in Rukban at the border with Jordan, home to more than 40,000 people – mostly women and children. Read more »