Press Releases

Is the world becoming numb to the killing of children?

Publication date: January 26, 2018

Statement by Fran Equiza, UNICEF Representative in Syria

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Violence in Tanganyika and South Kivu fuels one of the world’s worst displacement crisis for children – UNICEF

Publication date: January 25, 2018

At least 1.3 million people, including more than 800,000 children, have been displaced by inter-ethnic violence and clashes between the regular army, militia and armed groups in the provinces of Tanganyika and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF said today. The DRC is now home to one of the largest displacement crises in the world for children.

More action needed to improve security and humanitarian access in Myanmar if Rohingya children are to return safely - UNICEF

Publication date: January 24, 2018

Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Justin Forsyth said today.

Halifax’s Chefs for UNICEF Water for Life Gala announced for April 25

Publication date: January 22, 2018

Nova Scotia’s top chefs come together for 26th annual event in support of world’s most vulnerable children

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore following two-day visit to conflict-ravaged South Sudan

Publication date: January 19, 2018

"I have just spent two days in South Sudan where I saw firsthand how four years of a man-made conflict have left children sick, hungry and on the brink of death."

UN agencies in urgent bid to prevent famine in Kasai

Publication date: January 17, 2018

In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – say time is running out to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Three million children born into war in Yemen

Publication date: January 16, 2018

More than 3 million children were born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015 according to a UNICEF report. Born into War details how children in Yemen have been scarred by years of violence, displacement, disease, poverty, undernutrition and a lack of access to basic services including water, health care and education.

Half a million Rohingya refugee children at risk in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh with cyclone and monsoon season on horizon

Publication date: January 16, 2018

The health and safety of more than 520,000 Rohingya children living in overcrowded camps and informal settlements in Bangladesh is likely to be put at even greater risk ahead of upcoming cyclone and monsoon seasons, UNICEF warned today.

A bloody start to a new year in Syria: More than 30 children killed in first two weeks of 2018

Publication date: January 14, 2018

At a time when most parents are filled with the new year’s hope for their children’s future, mothers and fathers in Syria are left grieving for the children they have lost.

More than 1,000 babies to be born on New Year’s Day in Canada, says UNICEF

Publication date: January 1, 2018

Approximately 1,062 babies will be born in Canada on New Year’s Day, UNICEF said today. Canadian babies will account for 0.27 per cent of the estimated 385,793 babies to be born globally on New Year’s Day.