Press releases

NEW YORK/NAIROBI/KHARTOUM, 28 July 2026 – At least 23 children have reportedly been killed, with a further 25 reportedly injured in North Kordofan in the two months since the conflict intensified around Al Obeid in late May.

CARACAS/PANAMA CITY/NEW YORK, 24 July 2026 – One month after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela’s north-central coast, children and families continue to face the lasting impacts of displacement, damaged infrastructure and disruption to essential services.

ROME/NEW YORK, 23 July 2026 – New analysis released today shows improvements in food security and child nutrition across the Gaza Strip. However, the United Nations cautioned that the progress, driven largely by expanded access to humanitarian food, nutrition, agricultural and health assistance, remains fragile.

KHARTOUM, 21 July 2026 – “A drone attack on a market in Ar Rahad, North Kordofan, yesterday, reportedly killed at least two children and injured six others, aged between six and 14. Four adults were also reportedly killed and more than 20 people injured.

ROME, 21 July 2026 -  Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations specialized agencies.

KYIV, 20 July 2026 - "UNICEF is deeply saddened by reports of two children killed and at least 50 more injured in attacks across Ukraine in the last week.

LONDON, 16 July 2026 –“Today's aid allocations confirm what we feared. The choice to cut the UK’s aid budget means children are once again paying the highest price for crises they did not create.

NEW YORK, 16 July 2026 – Up to 23.4 million additional children could fall into monetary poverty by the end of the year, as ongoing tensions in the Middle East and related shipping disruptions continue to have a damaging and potentially irreversible impact on children, according to a new analysis by UNICEF released today.

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 July 2026 – In 2025, 90 per cent of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85 per cent – or 110 million – completed the full three-dose series, according to the annual WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) released today.  

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 15 July 2026 – In 2025, 90 per cent of infants globally – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85 per cent – or 110 million – completed the full three-dose series, according to the annual WHO-UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC) released today.  

KABUL, 12 July 2026 – A new UNICEF report released today highlights that child food and nutrition insecurity is one of the primary drivers putting 3.7 million children under the age of five in Afghanistan at increased risk of undernutrition, underscoring the urgent need to protect children’s diets and act earlier to prevent life-threatening wasting.

NEW YORK/NAIROBI/KHARTOUM, 6 July 2026 – Children across Sudan continue to bear the brunt of a war that is becoming increasingly deadly, with at least 330 children reported killed or injured during the first six months of 2026. Darfur and Kordofan states continued to record the highest levels of child casualties.

CARACAS/COPENHAGEN/NEW YORK, 30 June 2026 – In response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June, a 47-metric-ton shipment of UNICEF humanitarian supplies has arrived in the country today to support children and families affected.  

NEW YORK/FLORENCE, 30 June 2026 – “AI is here. It is a growing part of all of our lives. And it is already shaping childhood around the world – for better and for worse. New evidence is laying bare the scale and speed of its uptake by children worldwide, while exposing the risks and divides emerging alongside it."

CARACAS, NEW YORK, 27 June 2026 – UNICEF estimates that 1.8 million people, including 680,000 children, are in need of humanitarian assistance following the earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June.

NEW YORK, 26 June 2026 - "Mr. President … Excellencies …"I would like to thank Ambassador Leonor Zalabata Torres and the Colombian Presidency for keeping the humanitarian situation in Sudan high on the Council's agenda. Thank you to Under-Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.

CARACAS/NEW YORK, 25 June 2026 – An estimated 3.9 million children live in the areas affected by the powerful 7.5 and 7.2 magnitude earthquakes that struck Venezuela on 24 June, putting thousands of children and families at risk. 

NEW YORK/KAMPALA/KINSHASA, 22 June 2026 – As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, an estimated 2.95 million children and adolescents aged 18 and under – representing 54 per cent of the population in 31 affected health zones – are at risk from Ebola itself and the breakdown of essential services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF warned today.

NEW YORK/KAMPALA/KINSHASA, 22 June 2026 – As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, an estimated 2.95 million children and adolescents aged 18 and under – representing 54 per cent of the population in 31 affected health zones – are at risk from Ebola itself and the breakdown of essential services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF warned today.

GENEVA/AMMAN, 19 June 2026 – “For many, many months, the world has been told there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Yet for Palestinian children, this so-called ceasefire has become a cruel and deadly illusion.