BAGHDAD/NEW YORK 3 November 2016 –20,700 people have been displaced since the operation to retake Mosul started on 17 October. UNICEF estimates that 9,700 of them are children in urgent need of assistance. As these children and families arrive at the screening sites, UNICEF is there to meet them. “I met mothers and children who … Continued

DUBLIN/PORT-AU-PRINCE, 30 October 2016 Almost one month on from hurricane, Haitians are far from returning to normality. All indications are that the destruction Hurricane Matthew brought is much more significant than previously understood, and this past week, UNICEF tripled its estimated funding needs for the country to $22.5 million. Meanwhile, Haitian and World Bank officials say … Continued

NEW YORK/AMMAN, 26 October 2016 – “Twenty-two children and six teachers were reportedly murdered today when their school compound was repeatedly attacked in Idlib, Syria. “This is a tragedy. It is an outrage. And if deliberate, it is a war crime. “This latest atrocity may be the deadliest attack on a school since the war began more … Continued

PIBOR, SOUTH SUDAN, 26 October 2016 – UNICEF has announced the release of 145 children by armed groups in South Sudan today. This is the largest number of children freed since 2015, when 1,775 children were released in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, South Sudan. “Our hope is that today’s release will be followed by … Continued

Price drop below $1 a dose reflects work of UNICEF, on behalf of Gavi and countries towards affordable and sustainable vaccine supply for vulnerable children GENEVA, 19 October 2016 – Breakthrough prices have been achieved with six vaccine suppliers who offered to price pentavalent vaccine at an 84 cents a dose average – half the … Continued

DAMASCUS/ GENEVA, 21 October 2016 With the start of the school year in Syria, over 1.7 million children remain out of school and another 1.3 million are at a risk of dropping out, according to new education data[i]. Escalating violence, displacement, increased poverty, and an overstretched and under-resourced education system continue to force children out of … Continued

ERBIL, Fri 21 Oct 2016 – UNICEF this week managed to reach Al Houd, a town just south of Mosul that was retaken by Iraqi security forces just two days prior, and deliver clean water to some of the thousands of families that have been caught up in this conflict. “This means that for one … Continued

DUBLIN/BRUSSELS, Thurs 20 Oct 2016 This week’s meeting of the European Council in Brussels is a perfect opportunity for Europe to begin putting in place specific and measurable actions to address the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children. A number of such steps were included in the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, issued following an unprecedented gathering … Continued

DUBLIN, Wed 19 Oct 2016 In light of reports that a small child was amongst a group of five Iraqi Kurds found in a shipping container in New Ross, Co. Wexford on Sunday night, UNICEF Ireland is renewing its call for a Europe-wide approach to the plight of refugees and migrants. The discovery of the … Continued

NEW YORK, 18 October 2016 – “His friends and colleagues at UNICEF have learned with deep sadness and personal concern that our former colleague Baquer Namazi, who has been incarcerated in Iran since 22 February, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. “Mr. Namazi served at UNICEF as Representative for Somalia, Kenya and Egypt, … Continued

Download multimedia content for Iraq at: http://uni.cf/2dRgcTf BAGHDAD, 17 October 2016 – More than half a million children and their families in Mosul will be at extreme risk in the coming weeks, UNICEF warned today as a military operation to retake the northern Iraqi city gets under way. “Mosul’s children have already suffered immensely over the … Continued

DUBLIN/DAMASCUS, Fri 14 Oct 2016 “Yesterday’s attack near the Hatem Al Taai primary school in Aleppo, Syria killed four children and injured three others.  The children were on their way to school in the morning hours when mortars hit the area. “This deadly attack comes only three days after five children were killed inside their … Continued