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...
With email, messaging, online games and a slew of social media sites like TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook, it has become easier than ever to torment and even blackmail someone online. Kids...
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...
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...
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...
NEW YORK (October 23, 2023) – "Excellencies, colleagues, Thank you to Ambassador França Danese for hosting this briefing during Brazil’s Security Council presidency, and for inviting me to update you...
The number of migrants arriving in Panama — including unaccompanied and separated children — has surged in 2024, creating challenges for indigenous host communities. UNICEF continues to respond for...
NEW YORK (October 13, 2023) – Hundreds of thousands of children and their families have started fleeing northern Gaza today ahead of imminent larger-scale attacks. It follows days of bombardments of...
NEW YORK (October 13, 2023) – “Hundreds & hundreds of children have been killed and injured. Every hour in Gaza the number of children killed rises. The killing of children must stop. “The images and...
NEW YORK (October 12, 2023) – UNICEF today announced an agreement to secure supply of the world’s second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M. The deal is a major milestone towards meeting the high demand...