Press Releases
Ten children killed in ten days in Port-au-Prince
NEW YORK (September 23, 2025) – “UNICEF is deeply shocked and concerned by the killing of ten children in ten days in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. “According to reports, at least six children...
At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State
NEW YORK/PORT SUDAN (September 22, 2025) – “The drone attack on a mosque at the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people in Al Fasher, North Darfur, during Fajr prayers three days ago is...
Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza
NEW YORK (September 19, 2025) - “Yesterday, armed individuals approached four trucks outside our compound in Gaza City that were getting ready to transport desperately needed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years
NEW YORK (September 17, 2025) - “It has been four years since adolescent girls in Afghanistan were barred from attending school beyond grade 6. By the end of 2025, more than 2.2 million adolescent...
Statement attributable to UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the deadly risks for over 450,000 children in Gaza City as military attacks increase
NEW YORK/AMMAN (September 12, 2025) – “The escalating military offensive in Gaza City is having devastating consequences for over 450,000 children, already traumatized and exhausted by nearly two...
UNICEF statement on reported death of children after brutal attack on school in Rakhine State, Myanmar
NEW YORK (September 12, 2025) — UNICEF is extremely concerned by reports of an overnight attack on a boarding school in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, that reportedly killed and injured...
Children make more than half of all deaths in the aftermath of Afghanistan earthquake
KABUL (September 12, 2025) - “Afghanistan is once again reeling from tragedy and children are at the sharp end of an aggravating crisis. We must respond not only with urgency, but with a commitment to...
Devastating rate of child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in August surpasses July record
NEW YORK (September 11, 2025) – Child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, with the latest evidence showing a record proportion/ of children screened were...
UNICEF Launches US$22 Million Appeal to Support over 212,000 Children Affected by Earthquakes in Eastern Afghanistan
NEW YORK (September 10, 2025) – Following a powerful 6.0+ magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces on 31 August and multiple severe aftershocks, UNICEF has launched...
“The unthinkable in Gaza City has already begun”
NEW YORK (September 4, 2025) – “Gaza City, the last refuge for families in the northern Gaza Strip, is fast becoming a place where childhood cannot survive. It is a city of fear, flight and funerals....