Press Releases
IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan
NEW YORK (October 23, 2025) – Four United Nations agencies today called for urgent international attention on the crisis in Sudan, to address the immense suffering and growing dangers to the...
More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan
NEW YORK (October 16, 2025) – One month after a devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan, over 212,000 surviving children remain at severe risk of...
Remarks at UN Noon Briefing – Launch of the UNICEF Child Alert on Haiti highlights the growing concern of malnutrition in children
NEW YORK (October 14, 2025) - “Children in Haiti today wake up not knowing if they will be able to go to school safely, find food, or even survive the day without being hit by a stray bullet or being...
Media briefing on the situation of children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
NEW YORK (October 14, 2025) – “Good morning and thank you for your time. “Right now, in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, [the largest camp there] funding crisis is threatening to...
At least 17 children reportedly killed in attack on displacement center in North Darfur's Al Fasher, Sudan
NEW YORK (October 12, 2025) – At least 17 children – 9 girls and 8 boys, including an infant just seven days old – were killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Center in Al Fasher, North...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK (October 10, 2025) – “UNICEF welcomes today's ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which provides hope for Palestinian children who have suffered through two years of horrific war. “UNICEF has more...
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: Ceasefire provides glimmer of hope for children in Gaza
NEW YORK (October 10, 2025) – “Let me begin by sharing the reaction to yesterday’s news of this agreement to secure a ceasefire and end the war in the Gaza Strip from two children UNICEF spoke to in...
Number of displaced children in Haiti almost doubles in one year
NEW YORK (October 8, 2025) – The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has almost doubled in the past year, with 680,000 now uprooted from their homes, according to a new UNICEF Child...
Two years of hellish war have devastated Gaza’s children
NEW YORK (October 8, 2025) – “For more than 700 days, children in Gaza have been killed, maimed, and displaced in a devastating war that is an affront to our shared humanity. Israeli strikes on Gaza...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets Pope Leo XIV to discuss the plight of the world’s children
NEW YORK (October 6, 2025) – UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican today to focus world attention on the plight of vulnerable children, especially those...