Press Releases
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....
Global funding cuts could force 6 million more children out of school in the coming year – UNICEF
NEW YORK (September 3, 2025) – As global education funding faces steep cuts, an estimated 6 million additional children could be out of school by the end of 2026, around one-third of them in...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell remarks at the Second regular session of the UNICEF Executive Board
NEW YORK (September 2, 2025) – “Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends … “It is my pleasure to welcome you to this second regular session of the UNICEF Executive Board for 2025...
Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan
NEW YORK (September 1, 2025) – “A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late last night, with its epicenter near Jalalabad in Nangarhar province. Early reports indicate a...
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell remarks at the Security Council Open Debate on Haiti
NEW YORK (August 28, 2025) – “Good morning. Thank you, Ambassador Alfaro, and Ambassador for co-convening this briefing … and for the opportunity to address this Council today on the dire crisis...