Press Releases

More action needed to improve security and humanitarian access in Myanmar if Rohingya children are to return safely - UNICEF

Publication date: January 24, 2018

Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth said today.

Halifax’s Chefs for UNICEF Water for Life Gala announced for April 25

Publication date: January 22, 2018

Nova Scotia’s top chefs come together for 26th annual event in support of world’s most vulnerable children

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore following two-day visit to conflict-ravaged South Sudan

Publication date: January 19, 2018

"I have just spent two days in South Sudan where I saw firsthand how four years of a man-made conflict have left children sick, hungry and on the brink of death."

UN agencies in urgent bid to prevent famine in Kasai

Publication date: January 17, 2018

In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – say time is running out to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Three million children born into war in Yemen

Publication date: January 16, 2018

More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015 according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services including water, health care and education.

Half a million Rohingya refugee children at risk in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh with cyclone and monsoon season on horizon

Publication date: January 16, 2018

The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, UNICEF warned today.

A bloody start to a new year in Syria: More than 30 children killed in first two weeks of 2018

Publication date: January 14, 2018

At a time when most parents are filled with the new year’s hope for their children’s future, mothers and fathers in Syria are left grieving for the children they have lost.

More than 1,000 babies to be born on New Year’s Day in Canada, says UNICEF

Publication date: January 1, 2018

Approximately 1,062 babies will be born in Canada on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Canadian babies will account for 0.27 per cent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day.

Children under attack at shocking scale in conflicts around the world, says UNICEF

Publication date: December 28, 2017

This year, children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale UNICEF warned today, with parties to conflicts blatantly disregarding international laws designed to protect the most vulnerable.

UNICEF welcomes announcement of next Executive Director

Publication date: December 22, 2017

UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement today that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017.