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At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire
NEW YORK/AMMAN, 31 March 2025, – The breakdown of the ceasefire and resumption of intense bombardments and ground operations in the Gaza Strip has reportedly left at least 322 children dead and 609 injured – constituting a daily average of around 100 children killed or maimed over the past 10 days. Most of these c...
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Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades
NEW YORK/BANGKOK/YANGON, 30 March 2025 –, Millions of children are at risk following a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March, compounding an already dire humanitarian situation. UNICEF is warning of the escalating impact on children and families—with needs rising by the hour and afte...
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‘Not the new normal’ – 2024 'one of the worst years in UNICEF’s history' for children in conflict
NEW YORK, 28 December 2024 –, The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to a review by UNICEF of the latest available data and prevailing global trends. More children than ever are estimated to be either living in conflict zones or fo...
Statement
This World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 1 August 2024, – “In the last 12 years, the number of infants under six months of age globally who are exclusively breastfed has increased by more than 10 per cent. This means 48 per cent of infants worldwide now benefit from this healthy start in life. It translates to hundreds of thousands of b...
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Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report
Rio de Janeiro –, Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published today by five United Nations specialized agencies. The annual report, launched ...
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In the shoes of a parent
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Statement
Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden at the conclusion of COP28
NEW YORK, 13 December 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 climate justice for children. Now to have any hope of turning these words into action, we must see a tra...
Statement
“Children live in a world that is increasingly hostile to their rights”
NEW YORK, 20 November 2023 – , “Each year on November 20, we mark World Children’s Day to commemorate the 1989 adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. By ratifying this international legal framework, world leaders acknowledged that all children have inalienable rights. And they…
Remarks
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefs UN Security Council on humanitarian situation in Gaza (as delivered)
Excellencies, Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh and Ambassador França Danese for convening this meeting, and to Members of the Security Council, for this opportunity to speak with you about the humanitarian situation in the State of Palestine and Israel. At UNICEF, we firmly believe that the true cost of this late...
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Joining Hands with UNICEF: Chery Focuses on Global Children's Education
BEIJING / GENEVA, 17 October 2023 , — Chery Automobile and UNICEF announced a new two-year, $6 million partnership, in support of education programmes around the world. 17 October 2023, Mr. Zhang Guibin (first from the left), President of Chery International and Ms. Amakobe Sande, UNICEF Representative to China (First from the right) UNICEF announced a new global partnership between…, UNICEF does not endorse any company, brand, product or service...
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Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 18 September 2023 –, At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report released today. Progress on Children's Well-Being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda warns ...
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UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 August 2023 -, For the first time, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has explicitly affirmed the children’s right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, issuing comprehensive interpretation of Member States’ obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of th...