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UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children

Publication date: April 1, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing.

Children and families take shelter in makeshift outdoor spaces in Mandalay, Myanmar, following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on 28 March 2025.

At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire

Publication date: April 1, 2025

The resurgence of relentless and indiscriminate bombardments, combined with the complete block on supplies entering the Gaza Strip for more than three weeks, has put the humanitarian response under severe strain and Gaza’s civilians – especially its one million children – at grave risk.

A Gazan child stands on top of rubble in Northern Gaza.

Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades

Publication date: March 30, 2025

UNICEF calls for urgent response as homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure have sustained severe damage.

A building in Myanmar showing visible signs of destruction, with collapsed walls and debris, caused by a powerful earthquake.

At least 14 million children face disruptions to critical nutrition services in 2025 – UNICEF

Publication date: March 26, 2025

Reductions in donor funding threaten to unravel decades of progress for the world’s most vulnerable children and women

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in Yemen after 10 years of conflict

Publication date: March 25, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Yemen Representative Peter Hawkins – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Three-year-old Loli Abdel Qader stands at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Yemen.

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

Publication date: March 25, 2025

Number of under-five deaths declined to 4.8 million in 2023, while stillbirths remained around 1.9 million, according to two new UN reports.

A newborn sleeps in their mother's lap in a HBPNC (Home-based postnatal care) in Balolabadi, Jhabhua, Madhya Pradesh, India.

The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos

Publication date: March 25, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban upon conclusion of his visit to Haiti

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban sits in a classroom with students in a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever – UNICEF

Publication date: March 25, 2025

More than 75 per cent of the country’s 10.5 million children were born into war

Deadly attacks affecting children in Ukraine a tragic reminder that nowhere is safe

Publication date: March 24, 2025

This is a statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine.

Eight-year-old Myroslava stands in front of a bombed-out residential building, one of several damaged in a missile strike on 7 March in Eastern Ukraine.

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

Publication date: March 22, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the third anniversary of the ban on secondary education for girls in Afghanistan.

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UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children

At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire

Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades

At least 14 million children face disruptions to critical nutrition services in 2025 – UNICEF

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in Yemen after 10 years of conflict

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos

As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever – UNICEF

Deadly attacks affecting children in Ukraine a tragic reminder that nowhere is safe

As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million

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