Press releases
UNICEF AND PADDINGTON TO CELEBRATE THE FESTIVE SEASON
London, 29 October 2019 – Paddington™ is the Champion for Children’s rights at Unicef since 2017. Thanks to this partnership, Unicef has teamed up once again with Paddington to celebrate the festive season with an exciting range of products including a brand-new set of advent calendars.
Unicef UK appoints Nick Roseveare as Interim Executive Director
Unicef UK has appointed Nick Roseveare MBE as its Interim Executive Director.
490,000 children affected by devastating floods in South Sudan
25 October 2019 - An estimated 490,000 children are affected by heavy flooding in South Sudan, UNICEF warned today. Exceptional heavy rain since July, have affected some 908,000 people in 32 counties.
UNICEF and partners provide vaccination against polio and measles for nearly 232,000 children in Syria and Iraq, many affected by latest violence northeast of Syria
25 October 2019 – UNICEF and partners have provided polio and measles vaccines for approximately 230,000 children under the age of five in Al-Hasakeh governorate, northeast of Syria.
Seven children reported killed and scores injured as violence continues in Libya
22 October 2019 – Statement from UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, on the impact of violence on children in Tripoli.
SOCCER AID FOR UNICEF 2019 RAISES RECORD-BREAKING £7.9m WITH 2020’S MATCH RETURNING TO OLD TRAFFORD
16 October 2019 - Soccer Aid for Unicef today announced that the 2019 campaign raised a record-breaking £7.9m – with 100% of the money going towards Unicef’s vital work around the world saving lives and helping children grow up happy, healthy and able to play.
Poor diets damaging children’s health, warns UNICEF
15 October 2019 - An alarmingly high number of children are suffering the consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children, food and nutrition.
Nearly 70,000 children displaced as violence escalates in northeast Syria
14 October 2019 - Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
1 in 4 young women in Latin America and the Caribbean is in union or married before age 18
PANAMA, 11 October 2019 - The region will reach the second highest rates in the world in 2030 if the situation is not reversed
Burkina Faso - Deteriorating humanitarian conditions in northern and central parts of the country
11 October 2019 - Summary of what was said by Meritxell Relaño, UNICEF Deputy Director of Emergency Operations, at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations, following an inter-agency mission to Burkina Faso on 1-4 October.
UNICEF update: The situation of children in northeast Syria
11 October 2019: Updated information on the situation for children in North-east Syria.
UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund
NEW YORK, 9 October 2019 – UNICEF will now be able to receive, hold and disburse donations of cryptocurrencies ether and bitcoin, through its newly-established UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund. In a first for United Nations organizations, UNICEF will use cryptocurrencies to fund open source technology benefiting children and young people around the world.
Youth propose climate actions in Costa Rica global conference
7 October 2019 - Around 70 young people kicked off a new regional climate challenge - 1,000 actions for change - today in the presence of the Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Campbell Barr.
As cholera continues to spread, UNICEF charters 1.6 million doses of vaccines to Sudan
UNICEF chartered a plane carrying 1.6 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV) to Khartoum yesterday.
UNICEF and European Union launch peacebuilding initiative for adolescents and youth in Cox’s Bazar
6 October 2019 - To strengthen social cohesion in Cox’s Bazar, UNICEF and the European Union launched a peacebuilding programme for 20,500 adolescents and youth from Bangladeshi and Rohingya communities.
London Borough of Redbridge drives forward child friendly plans
Unicef UK has today (Friday 4th October) launched an exciting new partnership with the London Borough of Redbridge to improve the lives of children living in the borough.