Press Releases

Lack of access to medical care in Syria is putting children’s lives at risk

Publication date: January 15, 2019

Amid freezing temperatures and lack of medical care, at least eight children died in Rukban and seven after fleeing Hajin. 13 of them were under the age of one. Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

Families are welcomed into tents in the reception area of Al-Hole camp, in Syria. December 2018

New Year’s Babies: Over 999 children will be born in Canada on New Year’s Day - UNICEF

Publication date: January 1, 2019

As the calendar turns to 2019, UNICEF calls on nations to meet every newborn’s right to health and survival

World has failed to protect children in conflict in 2018: UNICEF

Publication date: December 28, 2018

The futures of millions of children living in countries affected by armed conflict are at risk, as warring parties continue to commit grave violations against children, and world leaders fail to hold perpetrators accountable – UNICEF said today.

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.

Yemen peace talks and Hudaydah ceasefire signal hope for country’s children

Publication date: December 13, 2018

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

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.

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