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A young girl in a pink dress stands in a classroom in Umshouka Village, Sudan.

Sudan’s children face deepening hardship

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UNICEF, for every child

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11 August 2026

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hannan Sulieman's remarks at the United Nations Security Council meeting on escalating violence in the West Bank

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Press release
11 August 2026

As cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa, UNICEF calls for urgent action to protect millions of children

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Emergency

Ebola emergency

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is threatening vulnerable families

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Emergency

Devastating earthquakes hit Venezuela

Thousands of children and families face lasting impacts of disaster

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Article

What children lose when humanitarian funding falls short

Conflicts are intensifying and resources are dwindling. But sustained investment can close the gap.

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Report

The Children’s Climate Risk Report 2026

More than a billion children are now facing at least three overlapping climate hazards

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UNICEF’s work

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. And we never give up.

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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Find out about the world’s most widely ratified human rights treaty in history

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UNICEF Parenting

Helping parents give children the best start in life.

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U-Report

UNICEF's community for young people, by young people

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UNICEF and the Sustainable Development Goals

Seventeen goals. One reason.

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