Press Releases

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza

Publication date: November 15, 2023

Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza

1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity – UNICEF

Publication date: November 13, 2023

The climate changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns

On 10 May 2022 in the internally displaced person (IDP) site of Guyah, Afar Region, Ethiopia, 13-year-old Keria fetches water from a UNICEF supported water point.

Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip

Publication date: November 10, 2023

The near total breakdown and attacks on medical and healthcare services across Gaza, in particular the northern areas, threatens the lives of every child in the Strip.

Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip

Children account for half of dead and injured in Nepal earthquake - UNICEF

Publication date: November 7, 2023

UNICEF and partners step up support to provide urgent life-saving assistance for over 200,000 people – including 80,000 children – in dire need of help

On 6 November 2023, in Aathbiskot Municipality in Rukum West District – in one of the communities most affected by the 6.4 magnitude quake that hit western Nepal on 3 November – a family of four receive relief supplies distributed by UNICEF in coordination with local authorities.

Statement by UNICEF on over 200 days of war leaving a generation of children in Sudan on the brink

Publication date: November 6, 2023

UNICEF calls for redoubled commitment to Sudan, now the largest child displacement crisis in the world

A portrait of a young girl at a Child Friendly Space (CFS) supported by UNICEF in Atbara.

Children and families at risk after 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits western Nepal

Publication date: November 4, 2023

Statement attributable to Alice Akunga, UNICEF Representative to Nepal

On 4 Nov 2023, UNICEF staff at the field office in Nepalgunj in Banke District load relief supplies onto a truck headed for Jajarkot District.

Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp

Publication date: November 1, 2023

The scenes of carnage coming out of Jabaliya camp in the Gaza Strip following attacks yesterday and again today are horrific and appalling.

Statement by UNICEF on the deaths and injuries of children in Jabaliya camp

Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children

Publication date: October 31, 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 has become a graveyard for thousands of children

Child casualties in Gaza “a growing stain on our collective conscience”

Publication date: October 24, 2023

UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and for sustained and unimpeded access for humanitarian assistance

Child casualties in Gaza “a growing stain on our collective conscience”

Two-thirds of refugee children in Armenia enrolled in school, efforts must now focus on expanding access to education for all children