Press Releases
Frontline Children: Battling Mental Trauma, Underground
NEW YORK (February 23, 2024) – “UNICEF estimates that over the past two years of war, children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours –...
Children’s Lives Threatened by Rising Malnutrition in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (February 19, 2024) – A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza Strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new...
68,000 Children Affected by Nepal Earthquake Still Need Urgent Assistance - UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 12, 2024) –100 days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal on November 3, 2023, UNICEF is calling for continued support for 68,000 children and their families in the...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Rafah, Gaza
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) – “UNICEF is urgently calling on the parties to refrain from military escalation in Rafah Governorate in Gaza where over 600,000 children and their families have been...
Three Hundred days of Atrocities Against the Children of Sudan
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) –“Three hundred days ago a wave of atrocities were unleashed upon the children of Sudan. “Here is some of what happened in those 300 days: “First: the world’s largest...
Record Numbers of Children Seek Life-Saving Care as Sudan War Drives World’s Worst Displacement Crisis
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) – As Sudan’s brutal war hits the 300-day mark, widespread malnutrition, the world’s largest child displacement crisis, and a shattered health system threaten to kill far...
UNICEF Urges all Parties to Safeguard Children Amid Latest Unrest in Haiti
NEW YORK (February 8, 2024) – UNICEF is deeply concerned by recent reports highlighting the violence faced and witnessed by children during the current socio-political events in Haiti. We urge all...
UNICEF Strengthens Response to DRC's Worst Floods in 60 Years and Growing Cholera Outbreak
NEW YORK (February 7, 2024) – UNICEF and partners are responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60...
Children and Teachers Killed in Air Strikes on Schools in Eastern Myanmar
NEW YORK (February 7, 2024) – “UNICEF is appalled by the deaths of four school children and two teachers as the result of an air strike on two schools in Kayah state, eastern Myanmar, on Monday. “The...
Two-Month-Old Baby the Ninth Child Reportedly Killed in Ukraine This Year, as Attacks Intensify – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 7, 2024) – “At least nine children have reportedly been killed and 37 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the year, as waves of deadly attacks intensify across the country....