A young child at the Hospital Immaculee Conception in Les Cayes, Haiti, on 26 May 2021. UNICEF/UN0469130/Moreno Gonzalez A young child at the Hospital Immaculee Conception in Les Cayes, Haiti, on 26 May 2021.

GENEVA, 21 May 2021 - ", We are extremely thankful that a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza strip came into effect at 2 am this morning because the human toll there has been huge. We also hope that a resolution to the ongoing violence, and causes of violence, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is found as soon as possible. "From the very first day of the escalation…

EAST JERUSALEM/GAZA STRIP, 11 May 2021 - “, Escalation in the Gaza Strip last night, following weeks of violence in Jerusalem, resulted in at least 20 people killed, including nine Palestinian children confirmed. Four of the children were siblings, and many attended the same UNRWA school. At least 25 children have been confirmed as injured, with many other injured children reported. The…

NEW YORK, 30 March 2021 –, “Four polio vaccinators, three of them women, came under attack this morning, March 30, while carrying out their life-saving work for children in Nangarhar province, Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Tragically, the three women were killed. “UNICEF is outraged by this attack. “UNICEF expresses its deepest condolences to the families, colleagues and friends…

Yemen crisis: What you need to know, What’s happening in Yemen? Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with around 21 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including more than 11 million children. Since the conflict escalated in March 2015, the country has  become a living hell for the country’s children . Only half of health facilities are functioning,…, Yemen crisis snapshot, UNICEF UNICEF/Yemen, Recent Yemen news and features, What UNICEF is doing in Yemen, UNICEF is on the ground across Yemen to save children’s lives, to help them cope with the impact of conflict, and to help them to recover and resume their childhoods. Conflict and violence have pushed more families into poverty and deprivation. UNICEF is helping treat severe acute malnutrition in children by providing essential therapeutic food…, Donate now to help save and change children’s lives, Results for children in Yemen, In 2020, UNICEF and partners:, More resources

GENEVA, 20 November 2020 - , This is a summary of what was said by Abdullah Fadil, UNICEF Representative in Sudan – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva . “The first thing that we noticed is that about 45 per cent of refugees are children under 18 years old. “The second thing is that people left with little.…

GENEVA, 6 October 2020 –,  It is now 10 days since violence escalated dramatically in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.  There are already reports of four children killed and seven injured, and without an end to the fighting, these figures will tragically increase. The fighting is destroying homes, and damaging schools and other essential infrastructure.  We urge all…

NEW YORK, 23 June 2020 –, “Excellencies, Special Representative Gamba, ladies and gentlemen. “Thank you to France for convening this debate. “And welcome Mariam — our young civil society briefer — for being here. We have much to learn from your experiences. “There are few children as vulnerable as those living through armed conflict situations. “Whether they’re trapped by…

KINSHASA, 6 June 2020 –, UNICEF denounces the attack that killed 16 people, including five girls under the age of 15, on 3 June in Ituri Province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this attack on innocent children,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in the DRC. "We call on all parties to respect the…

DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 28 January 2020, – Close to 5 million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will need humanitarian assistance over the course of 2020, UNICEF said today, up from 4.3 million. This projection is linked to a surge in violence that has included attacks against children and civilians, abductions and recruitment of children into armed groups. “When we look at the…

KHARTOUM, 29 July 2019 – “, I am devastated about the fatal shooting that led to the death of at least five high-school children and scores of serious injuries in El Obeid, North Kordofan. “We express our sincere condolences to the families, the students and the community. “The children, aged between 15 and 17 years old, were protesting the commencement of the school year…