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Press Releases

Breaking news, statements and reactions from UNICEF offices around the world

Latest press releases, news notes and statements

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Venezuela: UNICEF seeks US$70 million to provide humanitarian assistance to 900,000 children

20/08/2019

Bangladesh. Children recite a lesson in a learning space.

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Shortfall in education opportunities deepens despair of refugee Rohingya youth

Two years after mass exodus from Myanmar, quality learning and life skills are crucial to more than 500,000 children sheltered in Bangladesh

16/08/2019

Gambian boys walk past a graveyard of ships used by Libyan Smugglers to transport migrants and refugees to Italy, at port next to a government Hot Spot – a reception center that doubles as a lodging station for unaccompanied minors in Pozzallo, Sicily, on May 17, 2016. In the past boats were captured and sent to these grave yards, but due to the high numbers, today they are burned at sea by the coast guard.

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Saving children stranded on the Mediterranean must be prioritized over politics

Statement attributable to Ms. Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant response in Europe

15/08/2019

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Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF

13/08/2019

Jemima, an Ebola survivor, cares for a child at a UNICEF-supported crèche in Beni, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Number of children orphaned or left unaccompanied by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rising fast

13/08/2019

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Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore at the Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

New York - August 2, 2019

07/08/2019

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UNICEF welcomes Government of Colombia decision to prevent statelessness for thousands of children born in Colombia to Venezuelan parents

06/08/2019

Syria. Children rest beneath a tree at a makeshift camp in Aqrabat village.

Statement

July ends with brutal acts of violence perpetrated against children across the Middle East and North Africa

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore

02/08/2019

Mother breastfeeding her baby at her home, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

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Why family-friendly policies are critical to increasing breastfeeding rates worldwide

01/08/2019

Democratic Republic of Congo. Students hand posters about Ebola.

Statement

Inter-Agency Statement on Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one year on

31/07/2019

A man crouches next to a girl holding a poster on Ebola, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Geneva Palais briefing note on the impact of the Ebola outbreak on children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a summary of remarks by Jerome Pfaffman, UNICEF Senior Health Specialist – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

30/07/2019

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