Press Releases

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Kitty van der Heijden Palais Briefing on Ethiopia, Nigeria and the global funding crisis

Publication date: March 21, 2025

In 2024, UNICEF and our partners reached 441 million children under five with services to prevent all forms of malnutrition, while 9.3 million children received treatment for severe wasting and others forms of severe acute malnutrition.

Kitty van der Heijden speaking at an event.

UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Al Bashair hospital in Khartoum State

Publication date: March 21, 2025

UNICEF condemns in the strongest possible terms the looting of vital humanitarian supplies—intended to save the lives of malnourished children and provide critical healthcare to mothers and newborns from Al Bashair Hospital in Jabal Awlia, Khartoum.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza

Publication date: March 18, 2025

Today, Gaza’s one million children – who have endured more than 15 months of war – have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. The attacks and the violence must stop – now.

Palestinian children remain deprived of the most essential supplies and services

Publication date: March 17, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder

Geneva Palais briefing note: Children in Sudan: a generation at risk

Publication date: March 14, 2025

This is an overview of remarks by UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Lucia Elmi – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

A UNICEF Staff member plays with a child in Sudan.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at UN Security Council meeting on Sudan

Publication date: March 13, 2025

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27 per cent surge in number of children admitted for severe acute malnutrition treatment in Rohingya refugee camps – UNICEF

Publication date: March 11, 2025

Rising demand for life-saving nutrition treatment threatens to outpace declining humanitarian funding, leaving thousands of children at risk.

A child being screened for malnutrition in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the escalating violence in Syria’s coastal areas

Publication date: March 10, 2025

UNICEF echoes the UN Secretary-General’s call for restraint to prevent further loss of life. We urge all parties to immediately cease hostilities and fully comply with their obligations under International Humanitarian Law and international human rights law.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on global foreign aid reductions

Publication date: March 6, 2025

Announced and anticipated funding cuts will limit UNICEF’s ability to reach millions of children in dire need.

‘Chefs for UNICEF Gala’ returns to Halifax on April 24

Publication date: March 5, 2025

Nova Scotia’s top culinary talent will help UNICEF continue a 33-year Halifax tradition of giving back to children worldwide