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Statement
09 December 2023
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Adele Khodr on the continued killing and injuring of children in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-regional-director-middle-east-and-north-africa-adele-khodr
AMMAN, 9 December 2023 – “The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. Scores of children are reportedly being killed and injured on a daily basis. Entire neighborhoods, where children used to play and go to school have been turned into stacks of rubble, with no life in them. “UNICEF and other humanitarian actors have…
Armed conflict
Humanitarian action and emergencies
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
State of Palestine
Statement
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 09 December 2023
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Adele Khodr on the continued killing and injuring of children in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-regional-director-middle-east-and-north-africa-adele-khodr

AMMAN, 9 December 2023 – “The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. Scores of children are reportedly being killed and injured on a daily basis. Entire neighborhoods, where children used to play and go to school have been turned into stacks of rubble, with no life in them. “UNICEF and other humanitarian actors have…

Press release
06 December 2023
Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/only-half-young-people-able-identify-correct-definition-climate-change-unicef-gallup
NEW YORK/DUBAI, 7 December 2023 – Most children and young people say they have heard of climate change but only half understand what it is, according to a new UNICEF-Gallup poll, as world leaders gather at this year’s COP28. The global poll found that on average, 85 per cent of young people aged 15-24 surveyed in 55 countries said they have heard…
Climate change
Youth
Global
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 06 December 2023
Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/only-half-young-people-able-identify-correct-definition-climate-change-unicef-gallup

NEW YORK/DUBAI, 7 December 2023 – Most children and young people say they have heard of climate change but only half understand what it is, according to a new UNICEF-Gallup poll, as world leaders gather at this year’s COP28. The global poll found that on average, 85 per cent of young people aged 15-24 surveyed in 55 countries said they have heard…

Press release
05 December 2023
More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-1-5-children-live-poverty-40-worlds-richest-countries
FLORENCE/NEW YORK, 6 December 2023 – Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published today by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight.  Report Card 18: Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth – the latest in the series looking at children’s well-being…
Poverty
Global
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 05 December 2023
More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/more-1-5-children-live-poverty-40-worlds-richest-countries

FLORENCE/NEW YORK, 6 December 2023 – Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published today by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight.  Report Card 18: Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth – the latest in the series looking at children’s well-being…

Statement
01 December 2023
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the resumption of fighting in Gaza
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-resumption-fighting-gaza
NEW YORK, 1 December 2023 – “Today, the Gaza Strip is once again the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. After seven days of respite from horrific violence, fighting has resumed. More children will surely die as a result. “Before the pause, more than 5,300 Palestinian children were reportedly killed in 48 days of relentless bombing –…
Armed conflict
Executive Director
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Israel
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
State of Palestine
Statement
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 01 December 2023
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the resumption of fighting in Gaza
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-catherine-russell-resumption-fighting-gaza

NEW YORK, 1 December 2023 – “Today, the Gaza Strip is once again the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. After seven days of respite from horrific violence, fighting has resumed. More children will surely die as a result. “Before the pause, more than 5,300 Palestinian children were reportedly killed in 48 days of relentless bombing –…

Press release
01 December 2023
The war on children resumes - Geneva Palais briefing note
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/war-children-resumes-geneva-palais-briefing-note
GAZA/GENEVA, 1 December 2023 – “Today those in power decided that the killing of children would recommence in Gaza. “If you will allow me one minute to say what I had prepared before the attacks started. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza is so perilous that anything other than sustained peace and at scale emergency aid will mean catastrophe for…
Armed conflict
Armed violence
Child rights
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Israel
State of Palestine
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 01 December 2023
The war on children resumes - Geneva Palais briefing note
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/war-children-resumes-geneva-palais-briefing-note

GAZA/GENEVA, 1 December 2023 – “Today those in power decided that the killing of children would recommence in Gaza. “If you will allow me one minute to say what I had prepared before the attacks started. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza is so perilous that anything other than sustained peace and at scale emergency aid will mean catastrophe for…

Press release
30 November 2023
Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/despite-progress-adolescent-girls-continue-bear-brunt-hiv-epidemic-98000-new
NEW YORK, 1 December 2023 – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week – according to UNICEF’s latest Global Snapshot on Children with HIV and AIDS , released ahead of World AIDS Day.  While total infections among girls aged 10-19 have almost halved since 2010 – from 190,000 to 98,…
Health
HIV/AIDS
HIV transmission
EAPRO
ECARO
ESARO
LACRO
MENA
ROSA
WCARO
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 30 November 2023
Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic with 98,000 new infections in 2022
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/despite-progress-adolescent-girls-continue-bear-brunt-hiv-epidemic-98000-new

NEW YORK, 1 December 2023 – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week – according to UNICEF’s latest Global Snapshot on Children with HIV and AIDS , released ahead of World AIDS Day.  While total infections among girls aged 10-19 have almost halved since 2010 – from 190,000 to 98,…

Media advisory
28 November 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: UNICEF at COP28
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/media-advisory-unicef-cop28
Quote from UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden: “Our success or failure in tackling the climate crisis will be judged by two numbers. Keeping 1.5 degrees alive and protecting the 1 billion child lives that are in jeopardy from this crisis. “The climate crisis is not just changing the planet. It is changing children. Children’s…
Climate change
Global
Media advisory
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 28 November 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: UNICEF at COP28
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/media-advisory-unicef-cop28

Quote from UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Kitty van der Heijden: “Our success or failure in tackling the climate crisis will be judged by two numbers. Keeping 1.5 degrees alive and protecting the 1 billion child lives that are in jeopardy from this crisis. “The climate crisis is not just changing the planet. It is changing children. Children’s…

Press release
28 November 2023
Burkina Faso: Insecurity pushes more than 1 in 10 children into acute malnutrition in heavily affected areas
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/burkina-faso-insecurity-pushes-more-1-10-children-acute-malnutrition-heavily
OUAGADOUGOU, 28 November 2023 – Insecurity is pushing more than 1 in 10 children under the age of 5 into acute malnutrition in 22 out of 25 heavily affected areas surveyed in Burkina Faso, according to new data, warns UNICEF. The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, with support from UNICEF and partners, commissioned the rapid nutrition survey […
Health
Nutrition
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Burkina Faso
WCARO
West and Central Africa
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 28 November 2023
Burkina Faso: Insecurity pushes more than 1 in 10 children into acute malnutrition in heavily affected areas
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/burkina-faso-insecurity-pushes-more-1-10-children-acute-malnutrition-heavily

OUAGADOUGOU, 28 November 2023 – Insecurity is pushing more than 1 in 10 children under the age of 5 into acute malnutrition in 22 out of 25 heavily affected areas surveyed in Burkina Faso, according to new data, warns UNICEF. The Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, with support from UNICEF and partners, commissioned the rapid nutrition survey […

Remarks
24 November 2023
UNHCR and UNICEF express grave concern over the humanitarian toll on civilians in eastern DR Congo
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unhcr-and-unicef-express-grave-concern-over-humanitarian-toll-civilians-eastern-dr
GENEVA, 24 November 2024 – "UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, are greatly alarmed by the escalating crisis unfolding once again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have forcibly displaced more than 450,000 people in the last six…
Armed conflict
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Democratic Republic of the Congo
West and Central Africa
Remarks
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 24 November 2023
UNHCR and UNICEF express grave concern over the humanitarian toll on civilians in eastern DR Congo
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unhcr-and-unicef-express-grave-concern-over-humanitarian-toll-civilians-eastern-dr

GENEVA, 24 November 2024 – "UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, are greatly alarmed by the escalating crisis unfolding once again in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government forces have forcibly displaced more than 450,000 people in the last six…

Remarks
22 November 2023
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-executive-director-catherine-russells-remarks-un-security-council-briefing
NEW YORK, November 22, 2023 – “Excellencies, “Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh, Ambassador Zhang Jun, and Ambassador Frazier for bringing us together to speak about the worsening situation for children in the State of Palestine and Israel. “I would also like to thank this Council for its adoption of Resolution 2712, a text that acknowledges the…
Armed conflict
Executive Director
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Israel
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
State of Palestine
Remarks
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 22 November 2023
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/unicef-executive-director-catherine-russells-remarks-un-security-council-briefing

NEW YORK, November 22, 2023 – “Excellencies, “Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh, Ambassador Zhang Jun, and Ambassador Frazier for bringing us together to speak about the worsening situation for children in the State of Palestine and Israel. “I would also like to thank this Council for its adoption of Resolution 2712, a text that acknowledges the…

Press release
22 November 2023
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/shipments-african-countries-herald-final-steps-toward-broader-vaccination-against
More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of related deaths in…
Immunization
Vaccines
Malaria
Cameroon
Global
Press release
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 22 November 2023
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/shipments-african-countries-herald-final-steps-toward-broader-vaccination-against

More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of related deaths in…

Remarks
21 November 2023
Gaza’s children running out of time: Water shortages spark disease alarm
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/gazas-children-running-out-time-water-shortages-spark-disease-alarm
GENEVA, 21 November 2023 – “If children’s access to water and sanitation in Gaza continues to be restricted and insufficient, we will see a tragic – yet entirely avoidable – surge in the number of children dying.  “It is also now raining in Gaza. Combined, children face a serious threat of mass disease outbreak. It will be lethal. “It’s important…
Armed conflict
Health
Humanitarian action and emergencies
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Israel
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
State of Palestine
Remarks
3D9EA723-DA22-4F94-B00E-91AA14D9685C@1x Created with sketchtool. 21 November 2023
Gaza’s children running out of time: Water shortages spark disease alarm
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/gazas-children-running-out-time-water-shortages-spark-disease-alarm

GENEVA, 21 November 2023 – “If children’s access to water and sanitation in Gaza continues to be restricted and insufficient, we will see a tragic – yet entirely avoidable – surge in the number of children dying.  “It is also now raining in Gaza. Combined, children face a serious threat of mass disease outbreak. It will be lethal. “It’s important…

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