Press Releases
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the launch of UNICEF’s 2025 Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal
NEW YORK (December 5, 2024) - “Excellencies, colleagues … welcome to the launch of UNICEF’s 2025 Humanitarian Action for Children appeal. “Let me start by thanking you – UNICEF’s friends and donors –...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah meets children and young people trapped in world’s biggest child displacement crisis
NEW YORK (December 5, 2024) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week to meet with children and families affected by the conflict that has devastated the country for the...
UNICEF appeals for US $9.9 billion in humanitarian funding to support children affected by conflict and crisis in increasingly volatile world
NEW YORK (December 5, 2024) – UNICEF launched a US$ 9.9 billion funding appeal today to reach 109 million children across 146 countries with lifesaving aid in 2025. The funds will be utilized in...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on reported restrictions on Afghan women’s education in medical faculties
NEW YORK (December 4, 2024) – “I am deeply alarmed by reports that the de facto authorities in Afghanistan plan to ban women from studying in medical faculties, including fields critical to the health...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine
NEW YORK (December 4, 2024) – "Excellencies. Thank you Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield for bringing us together to speak about the consequences of the war in Ukraine on the lives of children, their...
Statement by UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder on the recent escalation of violence in Northwest Syria
NEW YORK (December 2, 2024) – “I am deeply alarmed by the recent escalation of hostilities in northwest Syria, which has reportedly resulted in the tragic killing of at least seven children and...
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the ECOSOC Special Session on Haiti
NEW YORK (December 2, 2024) – “Ambassador Rae, Excellencies, colleagues … good morning. It is good to be with you for this important discussion on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. “Today, I am...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon
NEW YORK (November 26, 2024) – “UNICEF welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire in Lebanon, which we hope will bring an end to the war which has killed more than 240 children, injured around 1,400...
Six children die in shipwreck in the Aegean Sea
NEW YORK (November 26, 2024) – “Six children are among eight people who lost their lives yesterday in the Aegean Sea. The children were with some 40 people travelling on a small dinghy boat across the...
Number of children in Haiti recruited by armed groups soars by 70 per cent in one year – UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 25, 2024) – The number of children recruited by armed groups in Haiti increased by 70 per cent in the last year, according to the latest UNICEF estimates. The unprecedented spike...