Press Releases
Humanitarian Pauses Vital for Critical Polio Vaccination Campaign in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (August 16, 2024) – Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating...
At Least Five Children Reportedly Killed and 20 Injured in Shelling of School and Market in El Obeid City, Sudan
NEW YORK (August 15, 2024) – “Yesterday, five girls were reportedly killed and 20 children injured in attacks in El Obeid city in Kordofan state, during which shells hit Al-Khansa Secondary School for...
Almost Half a Billion Children Live in Areas Experiencing at Least Twice as Many Extremely Hot Days as their Grandparents - UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 14, 2024) – 1 in 5 children – or 466 million – live in areas that experience at least double the number of extremely hot days every year compared to just six decades ago, according to...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Sudan - A Crisis of Neglect
NEW YORK (August 13, 2024) – “Sudan’s humanitarian crisis for children is, by numbers, the biggest in the world. It is also a crisis of neglect. So many of the countless atrocities upon children in...
Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Unrelenting War in Gaza Continues to Inflict Horrors on Children
NEW YORK (August 9, 2024) – "The unrelenting war in Gaza continues to inflict horrors on thousands of children, keeping far too many separated from their loved ones. On Saturday, I met 8-month-old...
George Harrison & Friends’ The Concert For Bangladesh Album Now Available For Streaming Across Major Digital Music Providers Worldwide
LOS ANGELES | LONDON (August 9, 2024) — For the first time, The Concert for Bangladesh, the GRAMMY® Award-winning album from George Harrison, Ravi Shankar & friends, is now available for streaming...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on the Impact of the Recent Violence and Attacks in the Middle East on Children
NEW YORK (August 8, 2024) – “Children in many countries in the Middle East are facing a harsh reality today more than ever before – life shrouded by uncertainty and violence. “The surge in violence...
At Least 32 children killed in Bangladesh Violence
NEW YORK (August 2, 2024) – “I have just returned from a week in Bangladesh, and I am deeply concerned about the impact of recent violence and ongoing unrest on children. “UNICEF has now confirmed...
Famine Confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur, Confirming UN Agencies Worst Fears
NEW YORK (August 1, 2024) – After more than 15 months of war in Sudan, a catastrophic combination of conflict, displacement and humanitarian access constraints has resulted in famine in a camp...
On World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO Call for Equal Access to Breastfeeding Support
NEW YORK (August 1, 2024) – “In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10 percent. This means 48 percent of...