Press Releases
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Adele Khodr, on Intensifying Hostilities in Rafah and North Gaza
NEW YORK (May 14, 2024) – "The escalation of hostilities in Rafah and throughout the Gaza Strip has deepened the suffering of hundreds of thousands of children, who have endured an unrelenting...
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban Concludes Visit to Eastern DR Congo, Emphasizes Humanitarian Situation now at a Tipping Point, the Urgent Need for Peace and a Central Role of the New Government
NEW YORK (May 13, 2024) – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, Ted Chaiban, concluded a five-day visit to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
Nearly 2,000 Children Killed or Injured Since the Escalation of War in Ukraine
NEW YORK (May 13, 2024) – “At least 1,993 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured since the escalation of war more than two years ago, an average of two child casualties each day. These are...
Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan on the Devastating Flash Floods in Northeast of Afghanistan
NEW YORK (May 12, 2024) – Flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan have reportedly killed at least 240 people, including 51 children, with many more injured. These figures are expected to increase as...
As Rafah needs rise, humanitarian response forced to ‘scrape the bottom of the barrel’
NEW YORK (May 10, 2024) – “Thank you, and greetings from Rafah in Gaza. I have been working on large-scale humanitarian emergencies for the best part of the last 30 years and I've never been involved...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on military operations and border closures in Rafah, Gaza
NEW YORK (May 9, 2024) – “The humanitarian response of UNICEF and our partners — and thus the lives of all the children and their families in the Gaza Strip who depend on it — requires fuel. We need...
Almost 1 Million People in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Somalia Affected as Unprecedented Heavy Rains Continue to Wreak Havoc in Eastern Africa
NEW YORK (May 9, 2024) – Flooding and landslides in Eastern Africa are affecting almost a million people in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. As unusually heavy rains have pounded the region...
When a nightmare becomes the reality
NEW YORK (May 7, 2024) – “Every warning. Every story of children killed and wounded. Every image of heartbreak and bloodshed. Every mind-boggling piece of data on the number of children and mothers...
There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 6, 2024) – With the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continuing to deteriorate, UNICEF is warning that a military besiegement and ground incursion in Rafah would pose...
UNHCR and UNICEF condemn the bombardment of displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the...