Press Releases

Children returned to Central America and Mexico at heightened risk of violence, stigma and deprivation

Publication date: August 16, 2018

Extreme violence, poverty and lack of opportunity are not only powerful drivers of irregular child migration from northern Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) and Mexico, but also consequences of deportations from Mexico and the United States – UNICEF said today in a new report.

OPEN LETTER URGES PRIME MINISTER TO MAKE GOOD ON HIS COMMITMENT TO THE RIGHT TO HOUSING

Publication date: August 14, 2018

At a press conference in Ottawa today advocates released an open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau signed by over 170 organizations and prominent Canadians urging the Prime Minister to make good on his commitment to the right to housing by enshrining that right in upcoming National Housing Strategy legislation.

Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF ships 90 tons of supplies to help contain spread of deadly disease

Publication date: August 14, 2018

UNICEF is shipping an additional 90 tons of health, water and sanitation supplies to help contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Unconscionable attack on children should be turning point in Yemen’s brutal war – enough is enough

Publication date: August 10, 2018

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

"I can’t describe to you what’s happening here”: An appeal from the children of Syria

Publication date: August 10, 2018

UNICEF fears that an escalation in violence in Idlib- northwest of Syria- will leave 350,000 children with no place to go

More children released from South Sudanese armed groups – UNICEF

Publication date: August 7, 2018

More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth release ceremony in 2018.

New Ebola outbreak in the DRC: UNICEF mobilizes staff and supplies to help with the response

Publication date: August 3, 2018

Following the August 1 announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of a new Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu, UNICEF has mobilized its teams to help contain the spread of the disease and protect children.

Drinking water systems under repeated continuous attack in Yemen

Publication date: August 1, 2018

UNICEF calls for immediate halt to attacks on water facilities and civilian infrastructure in Yemen

Three in five babies not breastfed in the first hour of life

Publication date: July 31, 2018

Breastfeeding within an hour after birth is critical for saving newborn lives

Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking victims globally

Publication date: July 29, 2018

UNICEF and the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking urge Governments to adopt solutions shown to protect uprooted children