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

Download new photos and Broll from: http://weshare.unicef.org/Package/2AMZIFM2233 DUBLIN/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Tues 11 Oct 2016 – UNICEF Ireland has welcomed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s significant remarks regarding the scale of the emergency Hurricane Matthew has brought to Haiti. Ban Ki-moon yesterday announced the launch of a $120 million UN appeal to fund disaster relief in Haiti. Speaking … Continued

*Download new photos and Broll from: http://weshare.unicef.org/Package/2AMZIFM2233 DUBLIN/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mon 10 Oct 2016 – One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, and as schools re-open across the country, more than 100,000 children will miss out on learning after their schools were either damaged or converted into shelters. “At least 100,000 children today will not experience the … Continued

NEW YORK, 7 October, 2016 – Girls between 5 and 14 years old spend 40 per cent more time, or 160 million more hours a day, on unpaid household chores and collecting water and firewood compared to boys their age, according to a report released by UNICEF ahead of International Day of the Girl on … Continued

*NOTE 1* Photos, BRoll and latest information available here *NOTE 2* On-the-ground representatives available for interview (see Notes) *NOTE 3* Find latest information about the impacts on Haiti here   DUBLIN/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Fri 7 Oct 2016 – We now estimate 1.3 million Haitians are affected after Hurricane Matthew tore through the Caribbean this week; half of them … Continued

For 11 years, amazing babies around the world have helped the Pampers- UNICEF partnership to eliminate Maternal and Newborn Tetanus in 19 countries, and 19 are left To date parents across Ireland have donated more than the cost of 22.5 million vaccines as part of this initiative DUBLIN 7 OCT – Babies do the most … Continued

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Tuesday 4 October 2016 – UNICEF fears 1.2 million children, and their families, have been affected by Hurricane Matthew in the southern part of Haiti alone. The Category 4 storm made landfall on the impoverished Caribbean island Tuesday. For two days, the people of Haiti have been enduring unending downpours of rain and dangerously high … Continued