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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change

Publication date: August 28, 2023

Today, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published authoritative guidance to States on what they must do to uphold children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sheenal & Esther, UNICEF staffs speaking with mothers who live in Red Graon community at Teouma.

One year on from catastrophic floods, millions of children in Pakistan still need urgent support

Publication date: August 25, 2023

One year after historic floods devastated Pakistan and a national state of emergency was declared, millions of children continue to need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services, UNICEF warned today. Recovery and rehabilitation efforts remain underfunded.

Muriko bibi (7) and Tehseen (6) sit on the damaged wall of their mud house which was almost destroyed during the 2022 floods in Pakistan.

More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas

Publication date: August 24, 2023

With more children displaced in past 52 days than in previous four years combined, UNICEF warns that, without peace, the future of Sudan’s children is at stake.

Transit Site in Roriak, Unity State, South Sudan. People receive support after fleeing conflict in Sudan.

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Niger Stefano Savi on severe impact of ongoing crisis on millions of vulnerable children

Publication date: August 21, 2023

The crisis unfolding in the Republic of Niger continues to pose an even greater danger for millions of vulnerable children in the country.

"Time and time again" children's lives being cut short by attacks in Ukraine

Publication date: August 21, 2023

Statement by Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia.

Children in DR Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in six years, warns UNICEF

Publication date: August 18, 2023

More than 8,000 children under 5 years infected in North Kivu during first seven months of this year, over six times as many cases as in all of 2022.

Bazapa Bageta is a first-aid volunteer with the Red Cross, a UNICEF partner organization in Bulengo, North Kivu province, DR Congo. He raises awareness among displaced people to combat cholera and water-borne diseases.

After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan

Publication date: August 15, 2023

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

A portrait of a young girl at a Child Friendly Space (CFS) supported by UNICEF in Atbara, Sudan.

76 per cent of children exposed to extreme high temperatures in South Asia - UNICEF

Publication date: August 8, 2023

With heat and high humidity in South Asia, UNICEF urges local authorities, frontline health workers and caregivers to help vulnerable children and families.

76 per cent of children exposed to extreme high temperatures in South Asia

Kidnappings of children and women spiking at alarming rates in Haiti - UNICEF

Publication date: August 7, 2023

Close to 300 cases have been reported so far this year, nearly the total number registered for all of 2022, and three times more than 2021

Kidnappings of children and women spiking at alarming rates in Haiti - UNICEF

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week

Publication date: August 1, 2023

In the last 10 years, many countries have made significant progress to increase exclusive breastfeeding rates. Yet even greater progress is possible when breastfeeding is protected and supported, particularly in the workplace.