Press Releases
UNICEF USA looks forward to continuing the bipartisan tradition of U.S. leadership supporting UNICEF’s work
NEW YORK (January 20, 2025) – The biggest challenges of our time have the potential to be the greatest legacies of the people who solve them. As a new Congress and Administration take office, UNICEF...
Almost one in eight children internally displaced in Haiti as armed violence continues – UNICEF
NEW YORK (January 17, 2025) – The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 percent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire...
UNICEF sends supplies to help children and pregnant women affected by Xizang earthquake
NEW YORK (January 16, 2025) – UNICEF has sent urgently needed emergency relief supplies for children and families affected by the devastating earthquake that struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (January 15, 2025) – “UNICEF welcomes the announcement today of a ceasefire deal between the parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. This is long overdue for the children and families of...
Children bear the brunt of escalating conflict and famine in Sudan
NEW YORK (January 15, 2025) – “As I wrap up my visit to Sudan, where the conflict rages on unabated, at least 120 people were reportedly killed following shelling in Omdurman on 13 and 14 January...
'Where war lingers long after the fighting stops: Children in a landscape of death and danger'
NEW YORK (January 14, 2025) – “As hopes for a peace dividend for Syrian children grow, girls and boys in the country continue to suffer the brutal impact of unexploded ordnance (UXO) at an alarming...
New year brings little new hope for children in Gaza, with at least 74 children reportedly killed in first week of 2025 – UNICEF
NEW YORK (January 8, 2025) – At least 74 children have reportedly been killed in relentless violence in the Gaza Strip in just the first seven days of 2025. Children have reportedly been killed in...
‘Not the new normal’ – 2024 ‘one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history’ for children in conflict
NEW YORK (December 27, 2024) – The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on continued deaths of children in Gaza
NEW YORK (December 26, 2024) – “In the final days of the year, there seems to be no end in sight to the deadly threats to children in Gaza. Over the past three days, at least eleven children have...
Food and nutrition crisis deepens across Sudan as famine identified in additional areas
NEW YORK (December 24, 2024) – Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur state, more areas in North Darfur and the Western Nuba mountains have been identified...