Press Releases

Global 'take-overs', star-studded events and world leaders to spotlight most disadvantaged for World Children's Day in over 130 countries

Publication date: November 14, 2017

In the buildup to November 20, stars and leaders from the worlds of entertainment, government, sport and business will rally for children with UNICEF

“Bring Your MP to School Day” sees parliamentarians get schooled by students

Publication date: November 13, 2017

In the run up to National Child Day in Canada, the country’s youngest constituents are speaking up and voicing their opinions to Members of Parliament. UNICEF Canada’s “Bring Your MP to School Day” brings parliamentarians back to school to give children and youth the chance to be heard.

Bangladesh steps up vaccination for new Rohingya arrivals as measles cases rise

Publication date: November 10, 2017

An increase in the number of suspected measles cases among the newly arrived Rohingya and their host communities in southern Bangladesh has prompted the Government and UN partners to step up immunization efforts in overcrowded camps and makeshift shelters close to the border with Myanmar.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the situation in Yemen

Publication date: November 9, 2017

Yesterday, Mark Lowcock, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, called on all parties to the conflict to provide safe, rapid, unhindered humanitarian access to people in need, through all ports and airports, including Hudaydah port and Sana’a airport.

Harvest season provides meagre respite to South Sudan’s hunger crisis

Publication date: November 6, 2017

Malnutrition rates soar especially among children, lean season forecast to start early

Malnutrition rates among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh appear to be at least double earlier estimates

Publication date: November 3, 2017

Preliminary data from a nutrition assessment conducted last week at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, shows a 7.5 per cent prevalence of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition – a rate double that seen among Rohingya child refugees in May 2017, UNICEF said today.

Showcase your creativity to win a $5,000 scholarship while supporting UNICEF’s global work for children

Publication date: November 2, 2017

Enter the annual Pier 1 Imports®/UNICEF/Owlkids Greeting Card Contest by November 22, 2017 for your chance to win

Violent discipline, sexual abuse and homicides stalk millions of children worldwide – UNICEF

Publication date: November 1, 2017

Violence against children – some as young as one year old – is pervasive in homes, schools and communities, new report with disturbing data reveals

Canada’s Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund comes at critical time for 720,000 Rohingya children at risk

Publication date: October 31, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau of a relief fund to help scale up the humanitarian response to the Rohingya crisis near the Myanmar and Bangladesh border. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response.

An appeal to end the war on children in Syria Is anyone listening?