Press Releases

Statement from UNICEF Canada on school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

Publication date: February 11, 2026

UNICEF Canada is shocked and heartbroken at the tragic loss of multiple young lives from yesterday’s deadly shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia.

41 million Children in Eastern and Southern Africa Trapped in Child Labour

Publication date: February 10, 2026

Region also records highest number of children in hazardous work.

A young person wearing a headlamp crawls through a narrow, rocky cave. Behind them, others follow. The atmosphere is tense and focused.

Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation: UN leaders call for sustained commitment and investment to end FGM

Publication date: February 7, 2026

Joint Statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Women Executive Director, WHO Director-General, and UNESCO Director-General on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

UNICEF statement on attack in Islamabad, Pakistan

Publication date: February 7, 2026

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Pernille Ironside

2026 brings no respite to children living in violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

Publication date: February 6, 2026

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder

‘Deepfake abuse is abuse’

Publication date: February 4, 2026

Statement by UNICEF on AI-generated sexualised images of children

Preventive cholera vaccination resumes as global supply reaches critical milestone

Publication date: February 4, 2026

First preventive campaign in over three years launches in Mozambique, with others planned in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Lives of malnourished children at risk with upsurge in violence in South Sudan

Publication date: February 3, 2026

More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the hostilities are causing mass displacement and halting of critical health and nutrition services in Jonglei state, warned UNICEF in South Sudan.

A young child sits in a red chair, holding an infant being assessed for malnutrition in a crowded room. The scene is serious and focused on well-being.

UNICEF statement on reported death and injury of children during attacks in Balochistan, Pakistan

Publication date: February 3, 2026

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Pernille Ironside

Darfur’s children living on a thin line between abandonment and hope

Publication date: January 30, 2026

Statement by UNICEF Sudan Chief of Communication Eva Hinds at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.