Press Releases

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the killing of at least 45 children in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: May 16, 2025

Children's rights in Gaza are being gravely violated every day and urgent action is needed to protect children from widespread grave violations of their rights and threats to their survival.

Canada barely getting a passing grade in UNICEF’s latest Report Card on child well-being

Publication date: May 13, 2025

UNICEF Report Card 19 reveals troubling mental health trends for children and young people across Canada.

Seven children running towards the camera in a playground

Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says

Publication date: May 12, 2025

UNICEF and WFP warn of looming catastrophe as 71,000 children and more than 17,000 mothers are threatened by acute malnutrition.

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

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

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.

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.

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