Press Releases
UNICEF statement on reported death and injury of children during attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan
NEW YORK (February 3, 2026) – “UNICEF is gravely concerned by reports that children were amongst those killed and injured in attacks across the south-western province of Balochistan last weekend. This...
Lives of malnourished children at risk with upsurge in violence in South Sudan
NEW YORK (February 3, 2026) – More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the hostilities are causing mass displacement and halting of critical health and nutrition services in...
Darfur’s children living on a thin line between abandonment and hope
NEW YORK (January 30, 2026) – “In Darfur today, reaching a single child can take days of negotiation, security clearances, and travel across sand roads under shifting frontlines. But the work is...
Rebuilding hope: UNICEF expands ‘Back to Learning’ for hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza
NEW YORK (January 27, 2026) – “Today UNICEF is scaling up learning in Gaza in one of the largest emergency learning efforts anywhere in the world. Our Back to Learning program will expand to include...
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban’s remarks following his fifth visit to Gaza and the West Bank
NEW YORK (January 26, 2026) - “Carl Skau from WFP and I have just returned from Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where we spent the entire last week, and I am speaking to you with...
Recreational supplies get into Gaza after two years – UNICEF
NEW YORK (January 26, 2026) – After more than two years of restrictions, UNICEF has been allowed to bring recreational kits to the Gaza Strip to support children’s learning, wellbeing, and resilience...
In Mozambique, heavy floods are turning unsafe water and malnutrition into a deadly threat for children
NEW YORK (January 20, 2026) – “In Mozambique today, flooding is not just destroying homes, schools, health centers and roads. It is turning unsafe water, disease outbreaks and malnutrition into a...
Under fire and freezing, children in Ukraine endure the harshest winter of war
NEW YORK (January 16, 2026) – “The winter scenario in Ukraine that we all feared is now a reality. Intense strikes devastating vital energy and water systems at a time of extreme sub-zero temperatures...
During Gaza’s Ceasefire, Children Keep Being Killed
NEW YORK (January 13, 2026) – “More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October. That is roughly one girl or boy killed every day. During a ceasefire. “Life in Gaza...
UNICEF calls for the protection of children and adolescents amid public unrest in Iran
NEW YORK (January 11, 2026) – “We are extremely concerned by continuing reports of children and adolescents being killed and injured amid the ongoing public unrest in Iran. Our thoughts are with the...