Press releases

UNICEF, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today announce unique collaboration for children Today UNICEF, the CGF and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have announced a unique collaboration for children that seeks to touch the lives of children in Scotland and in Commonwealth countries across the world. This partnership brings together UNICEF, the world’s leading organisation for children, with the biggest sporting and cultural event ever to take place in Scotland, with the aim of inspiring and enabling children to be the best they can be. 22 April 2013

UNICEF, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games announce a new partnership for children UNICEF Ambassadors Ewan McGregor and David Beckham today expressed their delight that a better future for children is being put at the centre of the Glasgow 2014 legacy. 22 April 2013

Political support crucial to reach ‘the fifth child’ with vaccines One and a half million children would not have died in 2011 had they been immunized, according to UNICEF at the start of World Immunization Week. But one in five children is not being reached with vital vaccines due to social or geographical exclusion, lack of resources, weak health systems or conflicts such as those raging today in Syria and parts of West Africa. 21 April 2013

UNICEF: Emergency supplies for women and children reach Aleppo and Homs UNICEF and partners have just completed delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to the difficult to reach embattled northern city of Aleppo, while a separate mission this week brought much needed emergency supplies for children and women in Talbiseh near Homs, one of the hardest hit conflict areas in Syria. 19 April 2013

More children killed in Central African Republic amidst escalating violence In the face of the intensifying violence in the Central African Republic, including on a playing field and a church, more and more children are being killed and injured, says UNICEF. UNICEF is calling on all armed groups to stop actions that are putting civilian lives at risk, either through fighting or by preventing humanitarian aid reaching those in need. 18 April 2013

Climate change “casts long shadow over UK childhoods” new survey reveals An Ipsos-MORI survey published today shows that children in Britain are deeply concerned about the impact of climate change, both for their own futures and for those of children in developing countries. The poll, commissioned by leading children’s organisation UNICEF UK, found that almost three-quarters of young people aged 11-16 years are concerned about how climate change will impact on their lives and would like the UK Government to do more to combat it. 17 April 2013

Progress shows that stunting in children can be defeated - UNICEF A new UNICEF report issued today offers evidence that real progress is being made in the fight against stunted growth – the hidden face of poverty for 165 million children under the age of five. The report shows that accelerated progress is both possible and necessary. 15 April 2013

UNICEF report reveals generation of UK teens sidelined by government A new UNICEF report places the UK in 16th* position, below Slovenia, Czech Republic and Portugal, in the UNICEF league table of child well-being in the world’s richest countries. The report is a follow-up to Report Card 7 which in 2007 placed the UK at the bottom of 21 developed countries for overall child well-being.10 April 2013

UNICEF flies emergency aid to conflict-stricken Central African Republic A special UNICEF-chartered flight carrying over 23 tonnes of essential drugs, obstetric supplies and water tanks arrived yesterday in conflict-ravaged Central African Republic capital city of Bangui, two weeks after the seizure of power by an armed rebellion. 9 April 2013