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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at UN Security Council meeting on Sudan
NEW YORK (March 13, 2025) - "Excellencies, colleagues, thank you for inviting me to speak here today. "I’d like to express my appreciation to Denmark and to the United Kingdom for convening and...
European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe
NEW YORK (March 13, 2025) – 127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis...
Geneva Palais briefing note: Malnutrition tightening its grip on children in Rohingya refugee camps
NEW YORK (March 11, 2025) – “Children in the world’s largest refugee camp are experiencing the worst levels of malnutrition since the massive displacement that occurred in 2017. “In February this year...
27 percent surge in number of children admitted for severe acute malnutrition treatment in Rohingya refugee camps – UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 11, 2025) – The number of children needing emergency treatment for severe acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh has surged by 27 percent in February 2025...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the escalating violence in Syria’s coastal areas
NEW YORK (March 9, 2025) – “UNICEF is deeply alarmed by the recent surge in violence in Syria’s coastal areas, which has reportedly claimed the lives of at least 13 children, including a six-month-old...
WTA Foundation’s Global Women’s Health Fund – in support of UNICEF – rallies the world to help close the women’s health gap this International Women’s Day
NEW YORK (March 7, 2025) — Today, ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, the WTA Foundation’s Global Women’s Health Fund announces a new partnership with UNICEF, to help close the women’s...
Fast Facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls
NEW YORK (March 6, 2025) – Despite significant achievements in areas such as education over the last three decades, millions of adolescent girls across the world today are still out of school, ill...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on global foreign aid reductions
NEW YORK (March 5, 2025) – “Announced and anticipated funding cuts will limit UNICEF’s ability to reach millions of children in dire need. “These cuts by numerous donor countries follow two years of...
Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict - UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 4, 2025) – Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan. Data compiled by gender-based...
UNICEF reaches 364,000 children daily in Goma with clean water and sanitation after escalation in DR Congo conflict
NEW YORK (March 3, 2025) – UNICEF and its partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing life-saving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 children – in...