In 2024, UNICEF and our partners reached 441 million children under five with services to prevent all forms of malnutrition, while 9.3 million children received treatment for severe wasting and others forms of severe acute malnutrition.
Today, Gaza’s one million children – who have endured more than 15 months of war – have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. The attacks and the violence must stop – now.
This is an overview of remarks by UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Lucia Elmi – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNICEF echoes the UN Secretary-General’s call for restraint to prevent further loss of life. We urge all parties to immediately cease hostilities and fully comply with their obligations under International Humanitarian Law and international human rights law.
