UNICEF, for every child

Statement

14 December 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children and the continued bloodshed in the Gaza Strip

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Appeal

Children in Gaza need life-saving support

No safe place for children as humanitarian crisis deepens

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Appeal

UNICEF launches 2025 humanitarian appeal

Working with partners, UNICEF aims to reach 109 million children with life-saving assistance, wherever it’s needed

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Press release

10 December 2024

Birth registration steadily increases worldwide, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’ - UNICEF

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Appeal

Crisis in Haiti

Extreme violence, unrest, poverty, and malnutrition are threatening children in Haiti

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Appeal

Lebanon emergency

War in Lebanon has compounded years of crises for children and families

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Appeal

Emergency response in Sudan

Conflict in Sudan is pushing already vulnerable children deeper into hardship

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Programme

Birth registration

Without legal proof of identity, millions of children born today do not 'officially' exist.

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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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Spotlight

Get inspired, get involved. Explore key UNICEF campaigns and initiatives.

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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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Partner site

UNICEF Parenting

Bringing together some of the world’s leading baby experts to help parents give their children the best start in life

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Partner site

U-Report

A community for young people, by young people, where they can raise their voices and share opinions on topics that matter to them.

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Sustainable Development Goals

Are we on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for children?

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The State of the World's Children