Press Releases

Calgary’s ‘UNICEF Water for Life Gala’ aims to raise $1.3M to provide safe water for children

Publication date: October 30, 2024

For children caught in humanitarian crisis, water is a matter of life and death

Children collect safe water from a new water station in the village of Gelhanty, Sudan.

At least ten children reportedly killed in escalating violence in Sudan’s Al Jazirah State - UNICEF

Publication date: October 28, 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

UN agencies warn of spiraling Sudan crisis as civilians face grave risks and famine threat grows amid access barriers

Publication date: October 25, 2024

Joint Statement by UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Raouf Mazou and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban

A boy sits in his home as he looks towards the camera in Sudan

85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile and conflict-affected countries

Publication date: October 24, 2024

On World Polio Day, UNICEF warns that polio cases in these settings have more than doubled over the past five years

A child in Sudan is receiving a polio vaccination

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Publication date: October 22, 2024

Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in the briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti

Increasing bombardment damaging essential services and putting children in Lebanon at great risk

Publication date: October 16, 2024

Children must be protected and the services they rely on must be safeguarded, in line with international law.

Urgent humanitarian response needed amidst escalating conflict in Lebanon – WFP and UNICEF

Publication date: October 15, 2024

Statement attributable to UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban and WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau

A boy in red shirt stands in front of people sitting together in Lebanon

UNICEF provides medical supplies for about 2 million people in need in Lebanon

Publication date: October 8, 2024

Health services under immense strain as the number of casualties and injuries rise, including among children

A UNICEF worker oversees humanitarian aid being offloaded from a cargo airplane.

Amid relentless attacks on children in Sudan, at least 13 children reportedly killed and another 4 injured in Al Kuma, North Darfur

Publication date: October 6, 2024

Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 150 schools and hospitals have been attacked. Health centres, water points and marketplaces have been damaged and destroyed. Last year saw the highest number of grave violations against children verified in Sudan in more than a decade.

Democratic Republic of the Congo starts mpox vaccination in high-priority provinces

Publication date: October 5, 2024

UNICEF and partners welcome the rollout of the first vaccines which offer one more tool to protect children and communities from the disease