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Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

Publication date: May 2, 2025

For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care. With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this.

Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur

Publication date: May 1, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Representative to Sudan Sheldon Yett

Horrific strikes reportedly kill three children and injure at least six others in Kyiv

Publication date: April 24, 2025

Statement by Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine

A bouquet of yellow flowers and soft toys lie on the ground near the site of a missile strike, left in memory of the children killed in the early morning attack.

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Publication date: April 24, 2025

Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts

9-month-old Amara is vaccinated against polio in South Kivu province, DR Congo

At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti

Publication date: April 17, 2025

Risk of famine looms as armed violence and economic conditions continue to push families to the brink

A child in Haiti looks towards the camera.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: April 16, 2025

Since January, more than one million people – including an estimated 400,000 children – have been displaced by violence in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.

Judith, a mother of three, sits in front of her shelter with her child after receiving essential household items at the distribution site in Rugari, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, DR Congo, on 27 February 2025.

Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years – UNICEF

Publication date: April 15, 2025

18 April marks 10 years since a catastrophic shipwreck off the coast of Italy killed more than 1,000 people, including children.

Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children

Publication date: April 15, 2025

15 million children in need as violence, hunger, and disease increase, and growing constraints on access and funding compound challenges

Children walk back home from a UNICEF-supported child friendly space in Al Houri internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp in Gedaref State.

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

Publication date: April 11, 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

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

Publication date: April 11, 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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Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur

Horrific strikes reportedly kill three children and injure at least six others in Kyiv

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years – UNICEF

Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

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