Press Releases

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.

Malnutrition, anaemia and disease plague Rohingya refugee children – UNICEF

Publication date: December 22, 2017

Nutrition surveys point to public health crisis for children in refugee camps and informal settlements in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Last-minute gifts that give back: A holiday rescue guide

Publication date: December 21, 2017

UNICEF Survival Gifts are guaranteed delivery to children in need

Deepening water crisis in Yemen amid severe fuel shortages

Publication date: December 19, 2017

Fuel running out in water pumping stations serving over three million people, half of them children

In 2018 make migration safe for every child – UNICEF

Publication date: December 15, 2017

An estimated 400 children have died along Central Mediterranean route this year, showing dangers children face without safe migration pathways

UNICEF Survival Gifts provide life-saving help to the children facing a hard winter in the Middle East

Publication date: December 14, 2017

As winter draws near, 1.5 million disadvantaged children are at risk in the Middle East

In South Sudan, “childhood under attack” as country enters fifth year of fighting

Publication date: December 14, 2017

South Sudan is in the throes of a tragedy for children that affects more than half the child population - victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of schooling - UNICEF said in a report released today.

Canada’s support for Rohingya children could not come at more critical time: UNICEF

Publication date: December 13, 2017

UNICEF Canada has responded to today’s announcement by Minister of International Development and La Francophone Marie-Claude Bibeau of more than $12.5 million in funding to help scale up the humanitarian response to the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and displaced persons in Bangladesh. UNICEF Canada President and CEO David Morley provided the following response:

Bangladesh moves to protect Rohingya children from diphtheria

Publication date: December 12, 2017

The Government of Bangladesh, with the support of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, today launched a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for all Rohingya children aged 6 weeks to 6 years living in 12 camps and temporary settlements near the Myanmar border.

At least 400,000 severely malnourished children at risk of dying in DR Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Publication date: December 11, 2017

Needs of displaced and returnee families in Kasai remain enormous after nearly two years of conflict and crisis