Press Releases

15,000 children without parents or missing, five years after outbreak of fighting in South Sudan

Publication date: December 13, 2018

Fifteen thousand children remain separated from their families or missing, five years after conflict first broke out in South Sudan.

Children account for more than one third of Ebola cases in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo – UNICEF

Publication date: December 11, 2018

Children now account for more than one third of the Ebola cases in affected regions of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF said today. The UN children’s agency also reported that one in ten Ebola cases is under five-years-old, while children who contract the Ebola virus are at higher risk of dying from the disease than adults.

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.

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

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

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.

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.