Press Releases

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

Publication date: March 13, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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

Publication date: March 11, 2019

Today there exists an alarming misconception that the conflict in Syria is drawing quickly to a close – it is not. Children in parts of the country remain in as much danger as at any other time during the eight-year conflict.

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

Publication date: March 1, 2019

UNICEF warned today that global cases of measles are surging to alarmingly high levels, led by ten countries accounting for more than 74 per cent of the total increase, and several others that had previously been declared measles free.

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

Publication date: February 27, 2019

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.

In Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore interacts with children

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

Publication date: February 26, 2019

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.

Children wait to be vaccinated in Dhamar, Yemen

Increasing number of people face severe food shortages in South Sudan

Publication date: February 22, 2019

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

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

Publication date: February 20, 2019

Statement by Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

A student stands in the ruins of one of his former classrooms

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

Publication date: February 15, 2019

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.

Government of Canada commits to ending child and forced labour in corporate supply chains

Publication date: February 12, 2019

The Government of Canada announced on Friday that it would initiate consultations on corporate supply chain legislation this year. The statement is a positive step towards requiring Canadian companies to take action and report on their efforts to address child labour, modern slavery, and other human rights violations.

Dozens of children released by armed groups in South Sudan, marking International Day Against Child Soldiers