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More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan

Publication date: October 16, 2025

One month after a devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan, over 212,000 surviving children remain at severe risk of deadly disease outbreaks due to widespread destruction of water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, UNICEF warned today.

Launch of the UNICEF Child Alert on Haiti highlights the growing concern of malnutrition in children

Publication date: October 16, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Roberto Benes – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s noon briefing of the Spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary-Genera

Geneva Palais briefing on the situation of children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 

Publication date: October 14, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Director of Private Fundraising and Partnerships, Carla Haddad Mardini – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

On 8 October 2025, at the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, UNICEF Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division Director, Carla Haddad Mardini, talks with young students during a visit to the Learning Centre..

At least 17 children reportedly killed in attack on displacement centre in North Darfur's Al Fasher, Sudan

Publication date: October 12, 2025

At least 17 children – 9 girls and 8 boys, including an infant just seven days old – were killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Centre in Al Fasher, North Darfur, early yesterday morning, according to reports received by UNICEF. A further 21 children were reportedly injured.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: October 11, 2025

UNICEF welcomes today's ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which provides hope for Palestinian children who have suffered through two years of horrific war.

Number of displaced children in Haiti almost doubles in one year

Publication date: October 8, 2025

UNICEF report warns of unprecedented displacement crisis as violence and collapsing services push children to the brink

Two years of hellish war have devastated Gaza’s children

Publication date: October 8, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

Putting the Caring Back in Scaring: UNICEF Canada’s Halloween Comeback

Publication date: October 8, 2025

Limited-edition KOTN t-shirt reimagines the iconic orange UNICEF box to turn nostalgia into impact

The image depicts UNICEF Canada's iconic Halloween box with the tagline " Put the caring back in scaring"

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

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More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan

Launch of the UNICEF Child Alert on Haiti highlights the growing concern of malnutrition in children

Geneva Palais briefing on the situation of children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

At least 17 children reportedly killed in attack on displacement centre in North Darfur's Al Fasher, Sudan

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Number of displaced children in Haiti almost doubles in one year

Two years of hellish war have devastated Gaza’s children

Putting the Caring Back in Scaring: UNICEF Canada’s Halloween Comeback

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

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Geneva Palais briefing on the situation of children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 