United Nations Nations Unies Joint statement by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director David Beasley, IOM Director General William Lacy Swing, and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock. 2 December 2017 Geneva/Rome/New York … Continued
World Children’s Day activities in over 130 countries to provide platform for children to speak out about their concerns; advocate for children being left behind In Ireland, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to participate in #KidsTakeOver *NOTE* Videos and photos of the below events can be downloaded here. UNICEF Ireland has photographs it can make available … Continued
DUBLIN, 9 November 2017 – UNICEF and Twitter held a special consultation on digital literacy and activism with 50 teenagers in Dublin today. The group were invited to Twitter EMEA HQ to work on solutions to the challenges arising from the influence of digital on young people. At the #DigitalYouth17 event, Transition Year students from … Continued
COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH / DUBLIN, 10 October 2017 – A massive cholera immunisation campaign started today near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to protect newly arrived Rohingya and host communities from the life-threatening diarrheal disease. 900,000 doses of the vaccine have been mobilised and are being delivered by more than 200 mobile vaccination teams, making it the … Continued
DUBLIN, 20 September 2017 – Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD today took part in the World’s Largest Lesson along with secondary school students at Santa Sabina Dominican College in Sutton, and UNICEF Ireland, and in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs (also known as Global Goals)). UNICEF and its partners launched … Continued
Vast majority of child migrants uprooted by violence, poverty and climate change remain in Africa UNICEF calls on policy makers to put children at the centre of migration response DAKAR/NEW YORK, 5 July 2017 – Children account for over half of the 12 million West and Central African people on the move each year, with some … Continued
One in 10,000 15-19-year-old’s in Ireland will die by suicide Ireland ranks 22nd of 41 wealthy nations on health and well-being DUBLIN / FLORENCE, 19 June 2017 – Ireland has the fourth highest teen suicide rate in the EU/OECD region, according to UNICEF’s latest Report Card on child well-being. Ireland has an above average international … Continued
DUBLIN, 25 May 2017 – UNICEF Ireland has described as a total failure of the State shocking reports that 12 families, including 30 children, were left with no option except to present themselves at Garda stations on Tuesday, because they had nowhere to sleep. Executive Director of UNICEF Ireland, Peter Power, said: “I am absolutely … Continued
Ahead of G7 and EU summits, UNICEF urges world leaders to adopt six-point plan to keep refugee children safe “He said to me if I didn’t sleep with him he would not bring me to Europe. He raped me.” – Mary (17), from Nigeria Note to editors: Report, photos, video and b-roll here: http://uni.cf/2qa2cKc DUBLIN/NEW … Continued
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on reports of chemical weapons attacks on children and families in Syria “The images of children choking and dying in the streets of Idlib, Syria, following alleged chemical weapons attacks, are as horrific as they are heartbreaking. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. … Continued
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