Press releases

5 June 2017 – "We are receiving alarming reports of civilians including several children being killed in west Mosul. Some were reportedly killed as they desperately tried to flee the fighting which is intensifying by the hour."

2 June, 2017 – “Cholera is spreading incredibly fast in Yemen, turning an already dire situation for children turn into a disaster."

1 June 2017 –After weeks of intensified conflict in the Central African Republic blocked vital humanitarian assistance to thousands of families displaced by violence in the southeast, two planes carrying vital supplies were finally able to land earlier today in Bangassou.

1 June 2017 – At least 1.3 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance across the Bay of Bengal region following severe weather over the past six days.

1 June 2017: At least 2.7 million children live in residential care worldwide, according to a new estimate by UNICEF.

31 May 2017 - In the past 72 hours, the number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has risen by 10,000 to a total of 65,300.

25 May 2017 - At least 200 children have died along the dangerous Central Mediterranean migration route from North Africa to Italy so far this year

25 May 2017 - H&M UK has raised a staggering £1m to help vulnerable children around the world by donating its customer plastic bag charges to Unicef UK.

24 May 2017– The crisis in Greater Kasai in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has severely disrupted life-saving interventions for children

London, 23 May 2017 – Unicef UK today paid tribute to its long-term supporter and Goodwill Ambassador, Sir Roger Moore, who has died at the age of 89.

23 May 2017 – Unresolved conflict, poverty and under-development are preventing children in more remote parts of Myanmar from reaping the benefits of the reform and reconciliation

18 May 2017 - “Now more than ever, the UK needs to show that it remains an influential and positive voice in the world.

18 May 2017 – The global number of refugee and migrant children moving alone has reached a record high, increasing nearly five-fold since 2010, UNICEF said today in a new report.

15 May 2017 - England captain and Chance to Shine Ambassador Heather Knight today visited Hague Primary School in East London

7 May 2017 – “UNICEF welcomes Saturday’s release of over 80 of the girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at their school in Chibok over three years ago."

7 May 2017 - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Priyanka Chopra, has called for increased awareness and support for child victims of sexual violence.

8 May 2017 – More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.

5 May 2017 – Without increased support, the lives and futures of more than 1 million children in the Central African Republic are under threat, UNICEF said today.

4 May 2017 – Nearly 75,000 refugees and migrants, including an estimated 24,600 children, currently stranded in Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Western Balkans are at risk of psychosocial distress caused by living in a protracted state of limbo, UNICEF warned today.

2 May 2017 – UNICEF has installed 20 new prefabricated classrooms in Tartus, Syria, and rural areas of Damascus, thanks to a generous donation from the Leo Messi Foundation.