Press Releases
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza
NEW YORK (November 15, 2023) – “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment...
UNICEF condemns latest attack in eastern DR Congo as act of ‘horrific brutality’
NEW YORK (November 14, 2023) UNICEF condemns an attack reported to have been carried out on Sunday in the northeast of Beni near the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Uganda...
1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity – UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 13, 2023) – 1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse...
Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (November 10, 2023) – The near total breakdown and attacks on medical and healthcare services across Gaza, in particular the northern areas, threatens the lives of every child in the Strip...
Children account for half of dead and injured in Nepal earthquake - UNICEF
NEW YORK (November 7, 2023) – Almost half of those reported killed and injured in Nepal’s recent earthquake are children. The 6.4 earthquake that struck remote parts of western Nepal on November 3 rd...
Statement by UNICEF on over 200 days of war leaving a generation of children in Sudan on the brink
NEW YORK (November 6, 2023) – “As we mark 200 days since the ongoing brutal war in Sudan broke out on 15 April, UNICEF calls for the redoubled commitment by the international community and all parties...
Children and families at risk after 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Nepal
NEW YORK (November 4, 2023) – “We are deeply saddened by the devastating impact of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Karnali and Lumbini provinces in western Nepal at 11:47 p.m. on Friday...
Joint statement by UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA and UNRWA on Women and newborns bearing the brunt of the conflict in Gaza
NEW YORK (November 3, 2023) – Women, children and newborns in Gaza are disproportionately bearing the burden of the escalation of hostilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, both as casualties...
Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp
NEW YORK (November 1, 2023) – “The scenes of carnage coming out of Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip following attacks yesterday and again today are horrific. “While we do not yet have estimates of the...
Gaza and Israel war: a graveyard for thousands of children
NEW YORK (October 31, 2023) – “From the earliest days of the unprecedented hostilities in the Gaza Strip, UNICEF has been forthright on the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, for the aid to...