Press Releases

Number of displaced children reaches new high of 43.3 million

Publication date: June 14, 2023

The mounting number highlights a global failure to address the drivers of displacement and provide long-term solutions for children on the move, UNICEF warns ahead of World Refugee Day

Children and families queue in front of a UNICEF mobile clinic in northeast Syria.

Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

Publication date: June 7, 2023

297 children have been safely relocated from Mygoma orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan to a transit centre in a safer location in the country.

Hundreds of vulnerable children safely relocated from Khartoum orphanage

Escalating needs of children drive UNICEF’s biggest-ever procurement of life-saving supplies

Publication date: June 7, 2023

In 2022, UNICEF procured US$7.383 billion in goods and services to reach children living through conflict, war, climate-related disasters and food insecurity

The students of Warkak's accelerated learning center in Daikundi Province walk home together over the dusty hills.

More than 300,000 grave violations against children in conflict verified worldwide in past 18 years - UNICEF

Publication date: June 5, 2023

At least 120,000 children killed or maimed by wars around the world across continents since 2005, an average of almost 20 a day

More than 300,000 grave violations against children in conflict verified worldwide in past 18 years - UNICEF

Sudan conflict leaves 13.6 million children in desperate need of humanitarian aid

Publication date: May 30, 2023

Violence continues to disrupt the lives of children and families, who are in the midst of a catastrophe

On 24 May, mothers and children attend a mobile clinic organized by UNICEF and Patients Helping fund (PHF) in Silkiy locality, a hard-to-reach area in Kassala state.

UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing note on the impact of flooding in Somalia on children and families and UNICEF’s response

Publication date: May 30, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Somalia Representative, Wafaa Saeed, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Impact of the drought in Beledweyne town is visible where homes and shops have been submerged.

Conflict and economic crisis drive food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen

Publication date: May 26, 2023

The food security situation in Yemen’s districts under the control of the Government of Yemen slightly improved during the first five months of this year, while acute malnutrition increased, compared to the same period in 2022.

On 23 February 2023 in Aden, Yemen, 16-month-old Rowaida Raeed Ali Hasan is fed a sachet of Plumpy ‘Nut ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) by her mother, Gouma’a Mohammed Hasan Abdullah. Rowaida is being treated for severe acute malnutrition in the Therapeutic Feeding Centre at Al Sadaqa Hospital.

100 days after earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, millions of children continue to face desperate conditions

Publication date: May 17, 2023

UNICEF calls for continued support for the 6.2 million children in dire need of humanitarian assistance

A little girl holding her toy at a temporary shelter in Hatay, Türkiye, after two devastating earthquakes hit south-east Türkiye on 1 May 2023.

Millions of children at risk in Myanmar and Bangladesh in the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha

Publication date: May 16, 2023

The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha – which tore through parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday – is causing severe disruption to the lives of millions of vulnerable children and families, including many already living in dire conditions.

After Mocha, 22 Camp, Unchiprang, Teknaf.

Unicef Canada and Paddington™ team up to give children a new way to explore the world

Publication date: May 12, 2023

With Paddington’s Postcards, Canadian families can embark on a horizon-broadening adventure while raising much-needed funds for children around the world.