Press Releases

UNICEF calls for immediate and unconditional release of abducted children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: January 30, 2023

UNICEF has called for the immediate and unconditional release of at least 13 children reported to have been abducted this week by a non-state armed group during an attack near the city of Butembo, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

11 months of war in Ukraine have disrupted education for more than five million children

Publication date: January 24, 2023

On International Day of Education, UNICEF calls for increased support to ensure learning opportunities for children in Ukraine and in refugee-hosting countries

Pakistan’s rains may have stopped, but children are still dying - UNICEF

Publication date: January 17, 2023

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

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding

Publication date: January 17, 2023

A one percentage point increase in the allocation of public education resources to the poorest 20 per cent may pull 35 million primary school-aged children out of learning poverty globally

25 million Nigerians at high risk of food insecurity in 2023

Publication date: January 16, 2023

Nearly 25 million Nigerians are at risk of facing hunger between June and August 2023

UNICEF welcomes Canada’s contribution of US$188 million to support COVID-19 response and health systems strengthening

Publication date: January 13, 2023

UNICEF welcomes announcement of CAD $70 million by the Government of Canada, bringing Canada’s contribution towards the 2022 Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) Humanitarian Action for Children appeal up to CAD 255 million (US $188 million)

Up to 4 million children in Pakistan still living next to stagnant and contaminated floodwater

Publication date: January 9, 2023

Child survival crisis remains acute in flood-affected areas as rates of respiratory infections and severe acute malnutrition soar

On 2 September 2022, Humaira 8 years old, who have taken refuge with her family on higher roadside in Mirpur Khas District, Sindh Province, Pakistan.

Restricting female humanitarians from working and female students from access to education in Afghanistan is a ‘blatant violation of fundamental human rights’

Publication date: December 28, 2022

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

More than twenty million children suffering in the Horn of Africa as drought intensifies

Publication date: December 22, 2022

UN children’s agency warns of funding shortfall as the region faces an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season and poor outlook for the sixth.

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo celebrates resilience of girls and young people during visit to Benin

Publication date: December 19, 2022

Trip marks Kidjo’s 20-year anniversary as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador