Press Releases

Federal budget offers promising new investments in children in Canada and around the world

Publication date: March 19, 2019

The federal government’s latest budget includes welcome new investments in children and youth, said UNICEF Canada’s One Youth. Important funding is promised to First Nations, Métis and Inuit children to help close gaps in basic services and a renewed focus on child and youth mental health. New initiatives also include making post-secondary education more accessible, environmental initiatives to improve air quality and programs to make housing and medication more affordable.

Thousands of children in need of urgent humanitarian assistance amid severe flooding as Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe - UNICEF

Publication date: March 17, 2019

Almost 850,000 people – around half of whom are estimated to be children – have been affected by severe flooding in Malawi and Mozambique, with the numbers set to rise as Cyclone Idai moves west and the impact of the cyclone becomes clearer, UNICEF warned today.

“Supporting the future of Syria and the Region” conference

Publication date: March 14, 2019

UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere’s remarks

Intensification of fighting impeding humanitarian access and displacing thousands in Hajjah, Yemen

Publication date: March 13, 2019

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year

Publication date: March 11, 2019

Today there exists an alarming misconception that the conflict in Syria is drawing quickly to a close – it is not. Children in parts of the country remain in as much danger as at any other time during the eight-year conflict.

Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF

Publication date: March 1, 2019

UNICEF warned today that global cases of measles are surging to alarmingly high levels, led by ten countries accounting for more than 74 per cent of the total increase, and several others that had previously been declared measles free.

18 months after exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya children at a crossroads

Publication date: February 27, 2019

Half a million Rohingya children are stateless refugees in the Cox’s Bazar area in southern Bangladesh, increasingly anxious about their futures, and vulnerable to frustration and despair.

In Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore interacts with children

UNICEF welcomes Canada’s support for Yemen children and urges world leaders to do more

Publication date: February 26, 2019

UNICEF Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s announcement of new humanitarian funding of $46.7 million in response to the humanitarian needs of people in Yemen. This was announced earlier today at the Yemen Pledging Conference by the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development.

Children wait to be vaccinated in Dhamar, Yemen

Increasing number of people face severe food shortages in South Sudan

Publication date: February 22, 2019

Nearly 7 million people expected to be in acute food insecurity at the height of lean season. ***JOINT FAO/UNICEF/WFP NEWS RELEASE ***

Redeployment agreement from Hudaydah welcome – calls to bring positive change for children

Publication date: February 20, 2019

Statement by Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa