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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza
NEW YORK (November 22, 2023) – “Excellencies, “Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh, Ambassador Zhang Jun, and Ambassador Frazier for bringing us together to speak about the worsening situation for...
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
NEW YORK (November 22, 2023) – Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first...
Gaza’s children running out of time: Water shortages spark disease alarm
NEW YORK (November 21, 2023) – “If children’s access to water and sanitation in Gaza continues to be restricted and insufficient, we will see a tragic – yet entirely avoidable – surge in the number of...
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
NEW YORK (November 21, 2023) –Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, according to a Call for Action released today by...
At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens
NEW YORK (November 20, 2023) – The escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan over the last seven months has reached a grim milestone in Darfur, where at least 5 million children are facing extreme...
Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights
NEW YORK (November 20, 2023) – “Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most...
31 premature babies at imminent risk of death relocated from Al-Shifa hospital
NEW YORK (November 19, 2023) – Today, 31 babies clinging to life were rescued from Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza and relocated to the south of the Strip. UNICEF, working with WHO, UNRWA, OCHA...
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...