Press Releases
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on a deadly weekend of attacks in North Gaza
NEW YORK (November 2, 2024) – “This has already been a deadly weekend of attacks in North Gaza. In the past 48 hours alone, over 50 children have reportedly been killed in Jabalia, where strikes...
Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza
NEW YORK (November 1, 2024) - “A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign is set to begin tomorrow in part of the northern Gaza Strip after being postponed from 23 October 2024 due to lack of...
War in Lebanon inflicting devastating physical and emotional impacts on children
NEW YORK (October 31, 2024) – “The ongoing war in Lebanon is upending children’s lives, and in many cases, inflicting severe physical wounds and deep emotional scars. “According to the Lebanese...
UNICEF statement on Israeli legislation on UNRWA
NEW YORK (October 30, 2024) - "UNRWA is the main UN agency providing essential services and protection to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and is the backbone of the...
At least ten children reportedly killed in escalating violence in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State
NEW YORK (October 28, 2024) – "I am deeply alarmed by the spiraling violence against children and families in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State. Reports of mass killings, widespread sexual violence against...
Dying in waiting: Gaza’s children face lethal delays in medical evacuation
NEW YORK (October 25, 2024) - " Children are being medically evacuated from Gaza at a rate of fewer than one child per day. If this lethally slow pace continues, it would take more than seven years to...
UN agencies warn of spiraling Sudan crisis as civilians face grave risks and famine threat grows amid access barriers
NEW YORK (October 25, 2024) – "The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to spiral, with millions of people in desperate need of assistance. The conflict has displaced over 11 million people, both...
85 percent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries
NEW YORK (October 24, 2024) — Of the 541 children affected by polio globally in 2023, 85 percent live in the 31 fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable countries, according to a new UNICEF analysis...
Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign
NEW YORK (October 23, 2024) – Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across most of northern Gaza, the Polio Technical...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti
NEW YORK (October 22, 2024) – “Excellencies, colleagues…good afternoon. It is good to be with you for this important discussion on the deepening humanitarian crisis in Haiti. “I would like to express...