Press Releases

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell following her trip to Vanuatu and Fiji

Publication date: July 19, 2024

It is time for decision-makers to fully commit to action and for child-sensitive climate finance to be radically increased. Governments can leave the best possible legacy by investing in the bold, child-focused climate action that children and future generations so desperately need.

Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection

Publication date: July 15, 2024

New data reveal nearly 3 in 4 infants live in countries where low vaccine coverage driving measles outbreaks

Children in Kiribati are undergoing routine vaccinations, following the introduction of life-saving vaccines in the Pacific through a partnership between Rotary International and UNICEF.

The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights

Publication date: July 15, 2024

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director, Natalia Kanem, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk

The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on deadly strikes in Ukraine

Publication date: July 8, 2024

I am horrified by the news out of Ukraine today that at least 150 people have reportedly been killed or injured, and a children’s hospital severely damaged in Kyiv, during a wave of deadly missile strikes across the country

On 8 July 2024 in Kyiv, a child sits on a bench and cries as rescuers, hospital staff and volunteers clear rubble and search for people trapped under debris after an attack that hit Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical centre.

One child displaced every minute in Haiti as armed violence persists – UNICEF

Publication date: July 3, 2024

Over 300,000 children now internally displaced in the country, a 60 per cent increase since March

One child displaced every minute in Haiti as armed violence persists – UNICEF

At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean

Publication date: July 3, 2024

UNICEF and partners have pre-positioned life-saving supplies and stand ready to provide services to children and families in several countries

At least 3 million children at risk as Hurricane Beryl hits the Caribbean

10 YEARS OF CRISES: THE FORGOTTEN CHILDREN OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Publication date: July 2, 2024

Palais Briefing remarks by UNICEF Representative in the Central African Republic Meritxell Relaño Arana.

10 years of crises: The forgotten children of the Central African Republic

Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe, say UN agency chiefs

Publication date: June 27, 2024

New data reveals that over 750,000 people are experiencing catastrophic levels of food insecurity with 25.6 million people in crisis levels of hunger

Sudan is facing an unprecedented hunger catastrophe, say UN agency chiefs

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warns of a deepening crisis for children following a visit to Sudan

Publication date: June 26, 2024

More than 400 children reportedly killed or injured in Sudan’s El Fasher in the past seven weeks while hunger continues to haunt the country’s children.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell hugs 11-year-old Yomna after meeting with her and other adolescent girls displaced by the war, at Abdullah Naj internally displaced people's gathering point in Port Sudan.

Immediate action required to prevent malnutrition crisis among children in Zambia - UNICEF

Publication date: June 21, 2024

New survey data reveal looming food and nutrition concerns for 52,000 children under the age of 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding women in six provinces.