Press releases

In the current spring campaign "Life is not a game", UNICEF ambassador and actor Anatole Taubman gives children a stage who would otherwise have none.

After thirteen years of conflict in Syria, almost 7.5 million children in the country are in need of humanitarian assistance – more than at any other time during the conflict.

The number of children who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022, according to the latest estimates released today by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME

Switzerland’s National Council voted yesterday to provide financial support for the environmental remediation of residential playgrounds, thus passing a bill proposed by the Federal Council.

Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a newly released UNICEF report.

Children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours sheltering in basements and underground metro stations over the past two years, as air raid alerts sound above.

One year after the devastating earthquake on the Turkish-Syrian border, more than ten million children are still in urgent need of humanitarian aid. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Anatole Taubman visited the region to learn more about the current situation for the children and about UNICEF’s work there.

Mental health crisis for Switzerland’s youth

100 days after earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, UNICEF is calling for greater support for over 96,000 children affected in the aftermath, as a crippling winter grips the country.

In response to an alarming surge in the number of children facing unprecedented humanitarian crises worldwide, UNICEF launched today a 9.3 billion US dollars emergency funding appeal to reach at least 93.7 million children in 155 countries.