Press release
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions
GENEVA/NEW YORK/ROME/WASHINGTON D.C. 16 May 2025 –, Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) , released today. The report...
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Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says
ROME/NEW YORK, 12 May 2025 –, Populations across the Gaza Strip are at risk of famine as fighting has surged again, border crossings are still closed, and food is dangerously scarce., Hunger and malnutrition have intensified sharply since all aid was blocked from entering on 2 March, , reversing the clear humanita...
Statement
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade
NEW YORK, 2 May 2025, - “For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care. With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this. “Families...
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At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE/ NEW YORK, 17 APRIL 2025 –, Over one million children are facing critical levels of food insecurity in Haiti, UNICEF estimates. Persistent armed violence, repeated displacement, and lack of sufficient humanitarian access continue to threaten vulnerable families – while the risk of famine looms. Ove...
Statement
The enduring hope of Haiti’s children in the midst of chaos
PORT AU PRINCE, 24 March 2025, – "Spending four days with communities and partners in Haiti, still grappling with an ongoing crisis often forgotten by the international community, underscored how heavy the toll is for children and young people in the country. Vulnerable families are being pushed to the edge of cat...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the attacks in Gaza
NEW YORK, 18 March 2025, – “Reports and images emerging from the Gaza Strip following today’s attacks are beyond horrifying. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed, including more than 130 children, representing one of the largest single-day child death toll in the last year. “Some of the strikes reported...
Statement
Haiti’s Children Under Siege: The staggering rise of child abuse and recruitment by armed groups
GENEVA, 7 February 2025 – “, A staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last year, comes as armed groups inflict unimaginable horrors on children. "Almost equally staggering is how little coverage...
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CDEMA and UNICEF Strengthen Commitment to Child-Centred Disaster Management in the Caribbean
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis – 4 December 2024, – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and UNICEF have officially signed a Regional Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at reducing vulnerability and building resilience across the Caribbean region*. This partnership, signed by Jean-Be...
Report
Mixed Movements Monitoring Report
The Mixed Movements Monitoring is an interagency initiative by UNHCR, WFP and UNICEF aimed at gathering evidence on the dynamics of mixed movements in Central America and Mexico.
Statement
UNICEF statement on Israeli legislation on UNRWA
NEW YORK, 30 October 2024 -, "UNRWA is the main UN agency providing essential services and protection to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza. As the Secretary-General has said, ‘there is no alternative to UNRWA.’ “UNRWA is the only Unit...
Remarks
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Haiti
NEW YORK, 22 October 2024, – “Excellencies, colleagues … good afternoon. It is good to be with you for this important discussion on the deepening humanitarian crisis in Haiti. “I would like to express my appreciation to Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl for hosting this briefing during Switzerland’s Security Council pr...
Press release
Over 100,000 displaced children in southern Haiti at risk of having their right to education compromised
LES CAYES, Haiti – 11 September 2024 –, The education of over 100,000 school-aged children displaced in Haiti’s Grand South is in jeopardy as the continued surge of violence, particularly in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, has put immense pressure on local communities and their already fragile social servic...