NEW YORK (February 23, 2024) – Children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours – equivalent to between four and almost seven months – sheltering...
NEW YORK (February 23, 2024) – The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are calling for immediate action to protect children and families caught in the escalating...
NEW YORK (February 23, 2024) – “UNICEF estimates that over the past two years of war, children in cities in Ukraine’s frontline areas have been forced to spend between 3,000 and 5,000 hours –...
NEW YORK (February 19, 2024) – A steep rise in malnutrition among children and pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza Strip poses grave threats to their health, according to a comprehensive new...
NEW YORK (February 12, 2024) –100 days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Nepal on November 3, 2023, UNICEF is calling for continued support for 68,000 children and their families in the...
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) – “UNICEF is urgently calling on the parties to refrain from military escalation in Rafah Governorate in Gaza where over 600,000 children and their families have been...
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) –“Three hundred days ago a wave of atrocities were unleashed upon the children of Sudan. “Here is some of what happened in those 300 days: “First: the world’s largest...
NEW YORK (February 9, 2024) – As Sudan’s brutal war hits the 300-day mark, widespread malnutrition, the world’s largest child displacement crisis, and a shattered health system threaten to kill far...
NEW YORK (February 8, 2024) – UNICEF is deeply concerned by recent reports highlighting the violence faced and witnessed by children during the current socio-political events in Haiti. We urge all...
NEW YORK (February 7, 2024) – UNICEF and partners are responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60...