Press Releases
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
NEW YORK (February 6, 2025) – “Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional, and psychological scars on girls and women. This harmful...
At least 40 children reportedly killed in three days across Sudan - UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 5, 2025) – “Shelling in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, killed 21 children and maimed 29 on Monday, 3 February. According to reports, at least 11 children were killed in shelling on...
UNICEF names Khaby Lame as a Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK (January 31, 2025) – Global content creator Khaby Lame has been announced as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment – made at an event in Lame’s birth country Senegal – follows...
UNICEF launches urgent appeal for $22 million to provide emergency assistance to 282,000 children in eastern DR Congo amid spiraling violence
NEW YORK (January, 29 2024) – UNICEF is gravely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo resulting from the recent intensification of conflict and surging...
At least 4 children reportedly killed and 3 injured in attack on Saudi Hospital, El Fasher, North Darfur - Sudan
NEW YORK (January 28, 2025) – At least one girl and three boys were reportedly killed and three boys injured in an attack on the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur, that took place...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
NEW YORK (January 27, 2025) – “As we mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, we remember the victims of the Holocaust, many of them children, and...
Scaling up supplies and services for children in the Gaza Strip: UNICEF
NEW YORK (January 27, 2025) – UNICEF has accelerated the distribution of supplies and services to children in the Gaza Strip, with more than 350 trucks entering in the first week of the long-awaited...
Nearly a quarter of a billion children’s schooling was disrupted by climate crises in 2024 – UNICEF
NEW YORK (January 24, 2025) – At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and...
Paving the road to a hopeful and inclusive future in Syria, free from violence and hardship
NEW YORK (January 23, 2025) – “During my five-day visit to Syria, I engaged with the Caretaker Authorities, communities, UN country team, partners, parents, and children in Damascus, Aleppo, and Idleb...
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...