Press Releases

Hundreds of vulnerable children evacuated for second time as Sudan war continues to put millions of children at risk

Publication date: December 27, 2023

253 babies and children have been safely evacuated from transit centres in Wad Madani, Sudan to a safer location in the country, after fighting in Al Jazirah state erupted this month. For many of the children, this is the second time they have been evacuated after they were evacuated from Mygoma orphanages in Khartoum earlier in the year following the outbreak of the war in April.

Hundreds of vulnerable children evacuated for second time as Sudan war continues to put millions of children at risk

Statement by UNICEF on the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: December 22, 2023

Latest IPC report warns that acute food insecurity puts all children under five in the Gaza Strip—335,000—at high risk of severe malnutrition and preventable death

Statement by UNICEF on the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip

Almost 3 million children in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state at risk as violence escalates – UNICEF

Publication date: December 21, 2023

In just a few days, more than 150,000 children have already been displaced and are cut off from urgent humanitarian aid

Almost 3 million children in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state at risk as violence escalates – UNICEF

Gaza: The World’s Most Dangerous Place to be a Child

Publication date: December 19, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Gaza: The World’s Most Dangerous Place to be a Child

Escalation of attacks on infrastructure leaves Ukraine’s children without sustained access to water and heating, threatening safety and survival as temperatures plummet

Publication date: December 18, 2023

Statement by Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia

Arina, 10, stands on the spot where a shop used to be – right next to the children's playground in the village of Mala Rohan, in the Kharkiv region. Now it is a pile of rubble.

2024 looms as ‘increasingly bleak’ for children affected by armed conflicts and disasters - UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note

Publication date: December 15, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Edguimar (10), looks out of the window of the bus that will transport her to Tegucigalpa to follow the migration route to the United States, after leaving the Temporary Rest Center "Alivio del Sufrimiento" located in El Paraíso, on November 4, 2023 in Honduras.

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28

Publication date: December 13, 2023

The COP28 climate negotiations generated welcome breakthroughs on both the urgent need to address the root causes of climate change – fossil fuels – and some glimmers of hope for breakthroughs of climate justice for children.

On 4th March 2023, boys look out over their flooded school in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan.

Children hit ever-harder by Lebanon’s unrelenting crises – UNICEF

Publication date: December 13, 2023

The impact of Lebanon’s unrelenting, overlapping crises continues to worsen, increasingly robbing children of their education and forcing many into child labour, as parents struggle with ever-diminishing resources.

Bahaa, 13 years old Lebanese child, decided to work during summer time to support his parents in generating income for the family.

UNICEF appeals for US$9.3 billion emergency funding for children living through conflicts and crises in an increasingly hostile world

Publication date: December 12, 2023

The funds will provide essential programs for over 93.7 million children worldwide affected by conflict, disasters, and climate crises

A young boy smiles during the inauguration ceremony of his school in Maingrette.

Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the continued killing and injuring of children in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation

Publication date: December 9, 2023

The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. Scores of children are reportedly being killed and injured on a daily basis. Entire neighborhoods, where children used to play and go to school have been turned into stacks of rubble, with no life in them.