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Statement
14 May 2025

Statement by UNICEF on impact of escalating hostilities on children in Tripoli, Libya

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Press release
12 May 2025

Risk of famine for children across Gaza, new report says

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Statement
02 May 2025

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

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Press release
24 April 2025

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

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Press release
15 April 2025

Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children

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Statement
13 April 2025

At least 23 children and 9 aid workers reportedly killed in Al Fasher, Abu Shouk and Zamzam camps in North Darfur

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Statement
08 April 2025

World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza

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Press release
05 April 2025

More than a million children in the Gaza Strip deprived of lifesaving aid for over one month - UNICEF

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Press release
01 April 2025

At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire

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Press release
26 March 2025

825,000 children trapped as conflict rages in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Zamzam internally displaced camp

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Remarks
25 March 2025

Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in Yemen after 10 years of conflict

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Press release
25 March 2025

As Syria’s children step out of the shadows of war, securing their future is more critical than ever – UNICEF

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Press release
25 March 2025

Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths under threat, warns the United Nations

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Eight-year-old Hussein and nine-year-old Issa playing during UNICEF visit to Zouq Bhannine 091 informal settlement in northern Lebanon on 5 August 2021.