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Press releases

The press releases issued by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre since 1999 are listed below.

Other press materials accompanying the press releases are available in Press kits

Copies of IRC publications can be downloaded from our Publications catalogue



Cover (09-March-2010)
Launch of the UNICEF-Harvard University publication Children and Transitional Justice: Truth-Telling, Accountability and Reconciliation
  • Press release
    - Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemns continued violence against children (English pdf 89 KB) (French pdf 72 KB) (Italian pdf 95 KB) (Spanish pdf 92 KB)



Cover (22-October-2009)
Presentation of the Innocenti Insight on children in immigrant families
  • Press release
    - Social inclusion and integration of children and youth of immigrant families is of critical relevance for affluent societies in future years,highlights a new UNICEF study (English pdf 214 KB) (French pdf 263 KB) (Italian pdf 190 KB)



Cover (11-December-2008)
Launch of the Innocenti Report Card 8
  • Press release
    - Good potential of early childhood education and care should not be compromised by poor quality services, according to a new UNICEF study (English pdf 73 KB) (French pdf 54 KB) (Spanish pdf 55 KB)



Cover (27-August-2008)
Launch of the Innocenti Insight on Child Trafficking in South Asia
  • Press release
    - Trapped and neglected : trafficked children in South Asia need the law on their side (English pdf 120 KB)



Cover (14-February-2007)
Launch of Innocenti Report Card 7
  • Press release
    - In rich countries children's basic needs have been generally met but there is scope for further progress in child well-being (English pdf 65 KB) (French pdf 66 KB) (Italian pdf 74 KB) (Spanish pdf 57 KB)



Cover (29-November-2006)
Silver Banner Award conferred on UNICEF by the Regional Council of Tuscany-Italy
  • Press release
    - Silver Banner Award conferred on UNICEF by the Regional Council of Tuscany (English pdf )



Cover (18-October-2006)
Launch of the Innocenti Social Monitor 2006
  • Press release
    - Disparities affecting children cloud economic good news story (Dutch pdf 47 KB) (English pdf 88 KB) (German pdf 40 KB) (Italian pdf 60 KB) (Russian pdf )



Cover (24-November-2005)
International launch of Innocenti Digest no. 12
  • Press release
    - Three Million Girls Undergo Female Genital Cutting Every Year (English pdf 114 KB) (French pdf 114 KB) (Italian pdf 112 KB)



Cover (21-November-2005)
Innocenti Declaration Anniversary
  • Press release
    - 15 Years After Innocenti Declaration, Breastfeeding Saving Six Million Lives Annually (English pdf 78 KB) (Italian pdf 78 KB)



Cover (05-October-2005)
International Launch of the Innocenti Insight no. 12
  • Press release
    - Many children with disabilities still "written off" (English pdf 72 KB) (French pdf 58 KB) (Italian pdf 79 KB) (Russian pdf 187 KB) (Spanish pdf 100 KB)



Cover (01-March-2005)
Launch of the Innocenti Report Card no. 6
  • Press release
    - Child poverty rising in OECD countries, says UNICEF (English pdf 66 KB) (French pdf 89 KB) (Italian pdf 88 KB) (Spanish pdf 88 KB)



Cover (17-December-2004)
Presentation of the new Child Friendly Cities Website
  • Press release
    - New Child Friendly Cities (CFC) website (English pdf 10 KB)



Cover (13-October-2004)
Launch of the Innocenti Social Monitor 2004
  • Press release
    - Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Millions of Children Bypassed by Economic Progress (English pdf 115 KB) (Italian pdf 110 KB) (Russian pdf 195 KB)



Cover (10-September-2004)
New Child Trafficking Research Hub - www.childtrafficking.org
  • Press release
    - Child Trafficking Research Hub : a new site dedicated to data collection, knowledge transfer and the development of methodologies related to research on child trafficking (English pdf )



Cover (23-April-2004)
International launch of the Innocenti Insight no. 9
  • Press release
    - Human trafficking, including children, affects nearly all African countries (English pdf 105 KB) (French pdf 109 KB) (Italian pdf 95 KB) (Spanish pdf 106 KB)



Cover (25-February-2004)
International launch of the Innocenti Digest no. 11 "Ensuring the rights of indigenous children"
  • Press release
    - Indigenous children face greater threats to survival: higher mortality rates and lower rates of school enrolment than other children (English pdf 118 KB) (French pdf 107 KB) (Italian pdf 116 KB) (Spanish pdf 141 KB)



Cover (18-September-2003)
Launch of the Innocenti Report Card no. 5
  • Press release
    - Child Abuse Leads to 3,500 Deaths Each Year in Developed Countries, New Research Finds (English pdf 127 KB) (French pdf 303 KB) (Italian pdf 241 KB) (Spanish pdf 109 KB)



Cover (22-July-2003)
Launch of Social Monitor 2003
  • Press release
    - UNICEF report finds "child survival crisis" in Caucasus and Central Asia (English pdf 90 KB) (French pdf 117 KB) (Italian pdf 143 KB) (Russian pdf 124 KB) (Spanish pdf 103 KB)



Cover (07-February-2003)
Poverty and exclusion among urban children
  • Press release
    - MILLIONS OF URBAN CHILDREN LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY AND LIFE-THREATENING ENVIRONMENTS, SAYS UNICEF REPORT (English pdf 116 KB) (French pdf 109 KB) (Italian pdf 120 KB) (Spanish pdf 157 KB)



Cover (26-November-2002)
A League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations
  • Press release
    - UNICEF publishes new league tables on education. Huge inequality in educational achievement exists in every rich nation, says report (English pdf 160 KB) (French pdf 148 KB) (Italian pdf 133 KB)



Cover (19-November-2002)
A major report commissioned by the international research unit of UNICEF has found New Zealand's children have borne the brunt of economic and social reforms.
  • Press release
    - UNICEF report paints bleak picture of the health and well-being of New Zealand children (English pdf 109 KB)



Cover (18-September-2002)
Launch of the Social Monitor 2002
  • Press release
    - "Precious time has been lost", says UNICEF, as HIV/AIDS soars in CEE/CIS and Baltics (English pdf 163 KB) (French pdf 156 KB) (Italian pdf 160 KB) (Russian pdf 251 KB) (Spanish pdf 163 KB)



Cover (04-June-2002)
Launch of the Innocenti Digest no. 9: Birth Registration: Right from the Start.
  • Press release
    - MILLIONS OF BABIES GO UNREGISTERED AT BIRTH, DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO AN OFFICIAL IDENTITY, A RECOGNIZED NAME AND A NATIONALITY, SAYS UNICEF REPORT (English pdf 25 KB) (French pdf 36 KB) (Italian pdf 24 KB) (Spanish pdf 34 KB)



Cover (29-November-2001)
Launch of the Monee Report no. 8. A decade of transition
  • Press release
    - Child poverty is widespread in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Central and Eastern Europe, despite growing economies throughout the Region .... (English pdf 28 KB) (French pdf 27 KB) (Italian pdf 29 KB)



Cover (19-September-2001)
International campaign Say yes for children organised on the occasion of the Special Session for Children of the United Nations
  • Press release
    - Moving Forward with SAY YES FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN (English pdf 62 KB)



Cover (27-July-2001)
Launch of the Child Friendly Cities web site
  • Press release
    - The Child Friendly Cities Secretariat opens its web site (English pdf 14 KB)



Cover (10-July-2001)
Publication of the Youth discussion guide
  • Press release
    - UNICEF and World Scouting join forces to support young people in the countries in transition (English pdf 32 KB)



Cover (07-March-2001)
Launch of the Innocenti Digest no. 7: Early marriage: child spouses
  • Press release
    - UNICEF: Child Marriages Must Stop. New Report Says Millions of Children, Mostly Girls, Suffer from the Practice (English pdf ) (French pdf 23 KB) (German pdf 28 KB) (Italian pdf 26 KB)



Cover (06-February-2001)
Launch of the Report Card 2 : A league table of child deaths by injury in rich nations
  • Press release
    - More than 20,000 children in rich countries will die from injuries in the next twelve months, says UNICEF. UNICEF publishes first league table of child deaths from injury (English pdf 19 KB) (French pdf 20 KB) (Italian pdf 23 KB)



Cover (08-November-2000)
Launch of the MONEE report no. 7: Young people in changing societies
  • Press release
    - Unicef report looks at the 'transition generation' : the 65 million young people of Eastern and Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States who have grown up during the period of transition from communist to market economies (Russian pdf 22 KB)
    - Unicef report looks at the 'transition generation' : the 65 million young people of Eastern and Central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States who have grown up during the period of transition from communist to market economies. (English pdf 20 KB) (French pdf 16 KB) (Italian pdf 32 KB)



Cover (13-June-2000)
Launch of Report Card no. 1 A league table of child poverty in rich nations
  • Press release
    - 47 million children living in poverty in rich countries. UNICEF publishes comprehensive report on child poverty (English html 8 KB)