Press releases

AMMAN/DAMASCUS/BRUSSELS, 19 June 2013
European Commission grants additional €5 million to UNICEF’s Syria crisis response

ADDIS ABABA, 19 June 2013
ECHO gives €2.5 million to improve nutrition outcomes for children in Ethiopia

BAMAKO/BRUSSELS, 29 May 2013
ECHO funds UNICEF to Continue Revitalization of Essential Health Services in North of Mali

DAKAR, 29 May 2013
The European Commission and UNICEF aim to prevent mass child death in the Sahel

HARARE, 21 May, 2013
European Union announces a €13.5 million grant to improve education and nutrition for Zimbabwe’s children

LUSAKA, 10 May, 2013
The European Union grants EURO 44 million to the Government of the Republic of Zambia to support the acceleration of progress towards maternal neonatal and child morbidity and mortality reduction in Zambia

ISLAMABAD/BRUSSELS, 8 May 2013
EU Children of Peace initiative: EU Provides Nobel Peace Prize funds to UNICEF for Education in Northwestern Pakistan

NIAMEY (NIGER), 6 May 2013
European Union and UNICEF support the fight against chronic malnutrition in Niger

PORT-AU-PRINCE/BRUSSELS, April 2013
ECHO allocates 1.25 million Euros to UNICEF to reduce diarrheal diseases and cholera in IDP camps

ANKARA, 27 March 2013
The European Union and UNICEF Turkey have launched the project “Increasing Resilience of Syrian Children in Turkey” to assist vulnerable school-aged Syrian children and youth (ages 4-18) living in camps in Turkey

KINSHASA/BRUSSELS, 20 March 2013
A new contribution to help UNICEF reach families affected by displacement in Eastern DR Congo brings the total allocation by ECHO to €10.7 million (US$14 million)

LUANDA, 8 March 2013
EU helps fight malnutrition

TRIPOLI, March 2013
The European Union and UNICEF support Libya's education programmes

ISTANBUL, 1 March 2013
Children need greater involvement in disaster risk reduction

BRUSSELS, 6 February 2013
Joint Statement on the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation

BANGUI, 28 January 2013
UNICEF scales up operations in Central African Republic to reach children in need of assistance because of conflict

BRUSSELS/New York, 18 December 2012
EU Nobel Peace Prize award to help build foundation of peace for children.  UNICEF among five agencies to benefit.

SANA’A/BRUSSELS, 19 November 2012
ECHO provides €7 million to help UNICEF combat child malnutrition in Yemen

ASHGABAT, 1 November 2012
Turkmenistan education and civil defense specialists continue the dialogue in disaster risk reduction in education

ADDIS ABABA, 30 October 2012
Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security: Partners join forces against acute malnutrition and stunting

AMMAN, 7 October, 2012
EU contributes € 10 million to UNICEF education programmes for children of Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan

BANGUI, 2 October 2012
ECHO gives €1.9 million to UNICEF to respond to sudden emergencies

KATHMANDU, 20 September 2012:
A Milestone Plan Launched to Improve Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nepal

SARAJEVO, 18 September 2012
Improving responses to violence against children by turning evidence into policy and results

NIAMEY, NIGER / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, 14 September 2012
ECHO provides €600,000 to fight cholera outbreak in Niger

NEW YORK / BRUSSELS, 11 September 2012
UNICEF and European Commission put children first in emergencies

BRUSSELS, 22 June 2012
UNICEF combats malnutrition in Pakistan with EU support

BRUSSELS, 18 June 2012
UNICEF joins EU talks to scale up aid for the Sahel and increase people’s resilience

BRUSSELS / DAKAR, 02 May 2012
European Commission donates additional 16.5 million Euros to UNICEF’s Sahel appeal as dry season begins.

BRUSSELS, 05 October 2011
UNICEF and the European Union announce new support to help improve nutrition for millions in Africa

BAGHDAD, 17 March 2011
UNICEF, European Union and Government of Iraq start €17M programme to improve primary education in Iraq

BANGKOK, 06 January 2011
UNICEF and the European Union collaborate to tackle desperately neglected problem of nutrition security in Asia