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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets Pope Leo XIV to discuss the plight of the world’s children

Publication date: October 6, 2025

Meeting comes amid warnings that millions of children could die because of global cuts to foreign aid and waning protection of children’s rights

Shoeless, Starving, and Nowhere to Go: The Brutal Logic Imposed on Gaza’s Children

Publication date: October 3, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Ten children killed in ten days in Port-au-Prince

Publication date: September 24, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Haiti, Geeta Narayan

Ten children killed in ten days in Port-au-Prince

DR Congo: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits Kasai

Publication date: September 24, 2025

UNICEF teams are working around the clock in Kasai, together with the Ministry of Health, other UN agencies, and local partners.

DR Congo: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits Kasai

At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Publication date: September 22, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza

Publication date: September 19, 2025

"This theft has denied at least 2,700 severely and acutely malnourished children of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food."

Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years

Publication date: September 17, 2025

“In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of 1,172 children, the critical role of educated and well-trained female health and social workers has never been clearer."

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years

Statement on the deadly risks for over 450,000 children in Gaza City as military attacks increase

Publication date: September 12, 2025

This statement is attributable to UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder.

Statement attributable to UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the deadly risks for over 450,000 children in Gaza City as military attacks increase

UNICEF statement on reported death of children after brutal attack on school in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Publication date: September 12, 2025

The attack adds to a pattern of increasingly devastating violence in Rakhine State, with children and families paying the ultimate price.

UNICEF statement on reported death of children after brutal attack on school in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Children make more than half of all deaths in the aftermath of Afghanistan earthquake

Publication date: September 12, 2025

Remarks by UNICEF Country Representative in Afghanistan, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, as delivered in the media briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets Pope Leo XIV to discuss the plight of the world’s children

Shoeless, Starving, and Nowhere to Go: The Brutal Logic Imposed on Gaza’s Children

Ten children killed in ten days in Port-au-Prince

DR Congo: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits Kasai

At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years

Statement on the deadly risks for over 450,000 children in Gaza City as military attacks increase

UNICEF statement on reported death of children after brutal attack on school in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Children make more than half of all deaths in the aftermath of Afghanistan earthquake

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