Press Releases

UNICEF statement on the adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

Publication date: December 10, 2018

Today’s adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is a historic achievement for migrant children and States alike. For the very first time, children are being recognized as central to migration management.

Refugee and migrant children and youth report severe deprivations while on the move – UNICEF

Publication date: December 7, 2018

UNICEF releases alarming data from poll of nearly 4,000 refugee and migrant children and youth ahead of Global Compact for Migration Summit in Marrakech

Humanitarian assistance continues to prevent a massive human catastrophe in Yemen but it is not enough

Publication date: December 7, 2018

UN agencies warn that an urgent scale up of humanitarian assistance is needed to save lives

Yemen’s children: 15 million lives scarred and voices not heard

Publication date: December 5, 2018

Girls and boys in Yemen calling on parties meeting in Sweden this week and on all countries with influence to settle for peace immediately

Statement on the situation in Bentiu, South Sudan

Publication date: December 3, 2018

Joint statement by Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, and Natalia Kanem, United Nations Population Fund Executive Director

Conflict shuts a third of schools in Yemen’s port city of Hudaydah

Publication date: November 30, 2018

More than 60,000 boys and girls are out of school because of the fighting in and around the port city of Hudaydah in Yemen.

Two in three children in the Central African Republic need humanitarian assistance

Publication date: November 30, 2018

Five years after Bangui descended into bloodshed, life in the Central African Republic is even harsher and more dangerous for children. Despite the escalating crisis, international funding and attention are critically low.

Canada is a great country in which to live– just not always when you are a kid

Publication date: November 28, 2018

UNICEF Canada’s One Youth today launches the Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being, a new tool to track progress on children rights and well-being and guide action to address the greatest challenges faced by kids in Canada.

UNICEF statement on situation of migrant children at Mexico-U.S. border

Publication date: November 28, 2018

UNICEF is deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of the more than 1,000 migrant children moving through Mexico or waiting at the border in Tijuana for their asylum claims to be heard by immigration authorities in the United States.

Funding gaps threaten to leave nearly 1 million children out in the cold in the Middle East and North Africa

Publication date: November 27, 2018

With cold and rainy weather sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa, nearly 1 million children affected by crises in the region risk being left out in the cold. UNICEF is facing a US$33 million funding gap – two thirds of the total appeal - for lifesaving winter assistance for children, including warm clothes, blankets and winter health, water, sanitation and hygiene supplies.