Press Releases

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: Sudan - A crisis of neglect

Publication date: August 13, 2024

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

On 1 July 2024, displaced children sit next to their luggage at a school in Gedaref after fleeing Sinja, Sennar state, following the recent clashes.

Geneva Palais briefing note: Unrelenting war in Gaza continues to inflict horrors on children

Publication date: August 9, 2024

The unrelenting war in Gaza continues to inflict horrors on thousands of children, keeping far too many separated from their loved ones.

Unrelenting war in Gaza continues to inflict horrors on children

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on the impact of the recent violence and attacks in the Middle East on children

Publication date: August 8, 2024

Children in many countries in the Middle East are facing a harsh reality today more than ever before – life shrouded by uncertainty and violence.

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Adele Khodr on the impact of the recent violence and attacks in the Middle East on children

UNICEF Canada and Paddington™ invite children on a horizon-broadening adventure this summer

Publication date: August 5, 2024

With Paddington’s Postcards, kids can explore a new and wonderful place each month

UNICEF Canada and Paddington invite children on a horizon-broadening adventure this summer

At least 32 children killed in Bangladesh violence

Publication date: August 2, 2024

Statement by Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia

At least 32 children killed in Bangladesh violence

Famine confirmed in Sudan’s North Darfur, confirming UN agencies worst fears

Publication date: August 1, 2024

Situation in Zamzam camp - home to more than 400,000 displaced people – has passed famine thresholds, according to Famine Review Committee

A girl receives ready-to-use therapeutic food in a stabilisation center in El Fasher, North Darfur. Unfortunately, the nutrition crisis is Sudan is worsening with a record number of children admitted to this center where children suffering from severe acute malnutrition with medical complications are treated.

On World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support

Publication date: August 1, 2024

Statement by Catherine Russell (UNICEF Executive Director) and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (WHO Director General)

Irina from Moldova is breastfeeding her three-week-old daughter, firmly believing that breastfeeding is the best way to nourish a child during the first months of life.

Wildfires raging across Canada can put children's health in danger, UNICEF warns

Publication date: July 30, 2024

UNICEF Canada brings together experts to highlight the unique impacts of wildfires on children

Wildfires raging across Canada can put children’s health in danger, UNICEF warns

Over 6 million children at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia

Publication date: July 29, 2024

Statement by Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, urges countries to safeguard children as torrential rain predicted in coming weeks

A group of people, including women and children, walk with water containers on their heads along a narrow, muddy path flanked by water in a rural setting.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: July 24, 2024

With each passing week, families face new horrors in the Gaza Strip. The devastating attacks on schools and internally displaced sites continue, reportedly killing hundreds more Palestinians, many of them women and children, and leaving already overwhelmed hospitals buckling under the strain.