Press Releases
No child safe in Al Fasher - UNICEF
NEW YORK (October 29, 2025) – UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan. The escalating violence has left thousands of children...
UNICEF and Co-Develop announce strategic partnership to advance safe and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Tanzania and Lesotho
NEW YORK (October 28, 2025) - UNICEF and Co-Develop have announced a catalytic partnership to support the implementation of the UN Universal Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Safeguards Framework in...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson travels to South Sudan to meet children in a country under threat from global funding cuts
NEW YORK (October, 27, 2025) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson visited South Sudan last week to see the impacts of economic shocks, climate change, poverty, and insecurity on children’s lives...
At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean
NEW YORK (October 26, 2025) - As Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea , the winds, torrential rains, and flash flooding have put at least 1.6 million children at risk...
Gaza’s ceasefire offers a vital chance for children – it must be seized
NEW YORK (October 26, 2025) – “Two weeks ago, the start of the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip delivered long-awaited relief for families, where it offers a vital chance for the survival, safety...
“Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price”
NEW YORK (October 24, 2025) – "Thank you for joining us. I speak to you a day after leaving Darfur, following a mission that also took me to Khartoum. "What I saw was alarming. Sudan is the world’s...
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...