Press Releases

No end in sight to seven years of war in Syria: children with disabilities at risk of exclusion

Publication date: March 12, 2018

In 2017, extreme and indiscriminate violence killed highest ever number of children - 50 per cent more than 2016

UNICEF report: Over half a billion ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure SDG progress

Publication date: March 7, 2018

Latest data on development progress for children shows over half a billion more live in countries where the SDGs are quickly falling out of reach.

25 million child marriages prevented in last decade due to accelerated progress, according to new UNICEF estimates

Publication date: March 6, 2018

Improving trend in child marriage driven largely by significant reductions in South Asia, but problem persists with over 150 million girls likely to marry by 2030

New Child Rights and Security Handbook addresses protection of children’s rights within security arrangements

Publication date: March 5, 2018

A multi-stakeholder working group of governments, companies and civil society joined forces today to release the Child Rights and Security Handbook, a companion to the Child Rights and Security Checklist released in March 2017. This companion guide will help governments and companies improve the protection of children’s rights within security arrangements and reduce security-related human rights abuses of children and young people, particularly at and around mining, oil and gas operations sites overseas.

Statement on the attack against humanitarian workers in northeast Nigeria

Publication date: March 2, 2018

Statement by Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Another step towards a Canada where kids come first

Publication date: February 28, 2018

UNICEF Canada responds to federal budget 2018

Statement on attack against humanitarian workers in the Central African Republic

Publication date: February 28, 2018

Statement by Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa

Cyclone season and threat of violence loom over 720,000 Rohingya children in Myanmar and Bangladesh – UNICEF

Publication date: February 23, 2018

Urgent efforts are needed to help more than 720,000 Rohingya children who are threatened either by the approaching cyclone season in Bangladesh or by ongoing violence and denial of their basic rights in Myanmar, UNICEF said today.

Top Chefs announced for Halifax Gala in support of UNICEF

Publication date: February 22, 2018

Award-winning Nova Scotia culinary talent comes together for 26th annual event to help world’s children

World is failing newborn babies, says UNICEF

Publication date: February 20, 2018

Global deaths of newborn babies remain alarmingly high, particularly among the world’s poorest countries, UNICEF said today in a new report on newborn mortality. Babies born in Japan, Iceland and Singapore have the best chance at survival, while newborns in Pakistan, the Central African Republic and Afghanistan face the worst odds.