Press Releases

Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation

Publication date: February 6, 2024

Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, OHCHR High Commissioner Volker Türk, UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Five women face the camera, smiling, whilst interlocking their arms.

One year after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, consequences continue to reverberate for affected children and families

Publication date: February 6, 2024

Continuing crisis in Syria compounds impact on vulnerable children and families

“I don’t think it’s okay to bring your toys here. There are some children without any toys. They will feel bad, because some of them did not have a chance to take their toys from their homes before it collapsed,” says nine-year-old Shahed on 19 February 2023 at Hussien Bin Ali School, which has been turned into a shelter.

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

Publication date: January 31, 2024

The allegations of involvement of several UNRWA staff in the heinous attacks on Israel on 7 October are horrifying. As the Secretary-General has said, any UN employee involved in acts of terror will be held accountable.

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, We cannot abandon the people of Gaza

At least 170,000 children displaced amid escalating violence in Haiti

Publication date: January 29, 2024

In less than two weeks, nearly 2,500 people, most of them women and children, have been newly displaced in capital Port-au-Prince.

Students washing hands in the handwashing device built by UNICEF.

Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria

Publication date: January 22, 2024

More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon

Theodore, a six-month-old child, received his first injection of the “RTS, S” vaccine to the encouragement and songs of nurses at a small hospital in the town of Soa, 20 km from the capital Yaoundé, one of the numerous vaccination centers in 42 districts declared “priority” by the government of Cameroon.

96,000 children affected by earthquakes in western Afghanistan in dire need of support this winter, UNICEF warns

Publication date: January 15, 2024

100 days after the earthquakes, UNICEF calls for greater healthcare, clean water and sanitation services for children suffering life-threatening winter conditions

On 14th October 2023, children collect furniture from their destroyed homes following the recent earthquakes in Zinda Jan District, western Afghanistan.

Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreaks in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes

Publication date: January 14, 2024

Joint press release by WFP/UNICEF/WHO

Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreaks in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes

Ecuador: Homicide rate among children and adolescents soars 640 per cent in four years - UNICEF

Publication date: January 12, 2024

Rising violence is putting more children at risk and depriving hundreds of thousands from access to social services.

Ecuador: Homicide rate among children and adolescents soars 640 per cent in four years - UNICEF

Children in Gaza still at the sharp end of unrelenting war

Publication date: January 12, 2024

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Special representative Lucia Elmi on the situation of children in the State of Palestine – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Children in Gaza still at the sharp end of unrelenting war

Fire ravages Rohingya refugee camp leaving 3,500 children homeless and 1,500 without education

Publication date: January 10, 2024

Statement attributable to UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh, Mr. Sheldon Yett