Press Releases

Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

Publication date: September 11, 2018

New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released today.

Escalation of violence in Idlib could be deadly for children, UNICEF warns

Publication date: September 7, 2018

A further escalation of fighting in Idlib, northwestern Syria, will put the lives of more than one million children at imminent risk, UNICEF said today.

Half of world’s teens experience peer violence in and around school – UNICEF

Publication date: September 6, 2018

Around 150 million students aged 13 to 15 worldwide report having experienced peer violence in and around school, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. Half of students aged 13 to 15 years in Canada (50%) reported being bullied at school at least once in the past couple of months and/or having been involved in a physical fight at least once in the past 12 months.

Statement by Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on the eve of Yemen peace talks

Publication date: September 5, 2018

"Twenty-one children were killed in the Yemen conflict in July, according to United Nations teams on the ground. Another 55 were reportedly killed in two weeks in August. After more than three years of fighting, the situation of children in Yemen is getting worse, not better."

Children among most vulnerable as extreme weather events continue around the world

Publication date: August 31, 2018

The large number of extreme weather events around the world, including floods in southern India, wildfires in the western United States and heatwaves across much of the northern hemisphere, are putting children in immediate danger, as well as jeopardizing their futures, UNICEF warned today.

UNICEF steps up support for children ahead of new school year in Ebola-affected areas of Eastern DRC

Publication date: August 28, 2018

As more than 82,500 children prepare for the new school year in Ebola-affected areas of the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is scaling up education, health and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes to assist the schools to provide a protective learning environment for children and their teachers.

Statement from Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on latest deadly attacks on children in Yemen

Publication date: August 24, 2018

I had hoped that the outrage that followed the Saada attack in Yemen two weeks ago would be a turning point in the conflict. Yesterday’s reported attacks in Ad-Durayhimi, killing 26 children, indicate that it was not

Investment in education desperately needed to avert “lost generation” of Rohingya children – UNICEF

Publication date: August 23, 2018

One year after mass exodus from Myanmar, the futures of more than 500,000 refugee children in Bangladesh are in the balance

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on World Humanitarian Day 2018

Publication date: August 19, 2018

Today as we mark World Humanitarian Day, we pause to recognise the dedication and courage of our colleagues around the world, honour our colleagues who have lost their lives in the course of their work, and reavow our commitment to the many millions of children and young people in need of support and protection.

Children returned to Central America and Mexico at heightened risk of violence, stigma and deprivation

Publication date: August 16, 2018

Extreme violence, poverty and lack of opportunity are not only powerful drivers of irregular child migration from northern Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) and Mexico, but also consequences of deportations from Mexico and the United States – UNICEF said today in a new report.