Press releases
Over 1.7 million children live in areas affected by strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year
MANILA, 13 November 2025 – More than 1.7 million children are impacted by Super Typhoon Fung-wong, which made landfall in the Philippines on 9th November.
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) responds to the Global Fund Replenishment
Joanna Rea, Director of Advocacy for the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) said: “Cutting the UK’s pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria jeopardises vital partnerships that protect children from preventable diseases.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where funding cuts are putting half a million children’s futures at risk
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, where funding cuts are putting half a million children’s futures at risk
UNICEF UK statement on Goodwill Ambassador Sir David Beckham's knighthood
“It’s brilliant to see our UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Sir David Beckham, receive his knighthood today, which is so deserved.”
Hunger and malnutrition deepen as conflict and access constraints persist in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, 4 November 2025 – The United Nations today warns that South Sudan continues to face a severe food and nutrition crisis, which is threatening to deteriorate further unless urgent humanitarian action is mounted.
Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides
ROME/NEW YORK/GENEVA, 4 November 2025 – The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan shows stark contrasts along conflict lines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned today. In areas where violence has subsided – allowing humanitarian access and market recovery – food security has begun to improve. But in conflict-hit locations that have been largely cut off from humanitarian assistance or under siege, famine has now taken hold.
Over 700,000 children affected after Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean
NEW YORK, 29 October 2025 –UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan.PANAMA CITY, 30 October 2025 - Several days of torrential rains, storm surges and catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa have impacted the lives of more than 700,000 children across the Caribbean, according to UNICEF estimates.
No child safe in Al Fasher - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 29 October 2025 –UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson travels to South Sudan to meet children in a country under threat from global funding cuts
JUBA/NEW YORK, 27 October 2025 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson visited South Sudan last week to see the impacts of economic shocks, climate change, poverty, and insecurity on children’s lives, especially girls, against a backdrop of severe global cuts to official development assistance.
At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean
PANAMA CITY, 26 October 2025 - As Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea, the winds, torrential rains, and flash flooding have put at least 1.6 million children at risk, according to UNICEF estimates.
Gaza’s ceasefire offers a vital chance for children – it must be seized
AMMAN, 26 October 2025 – “Two weeks ago, the start of the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip delivered long-awaited relief for families, where it offers a vital chance for the survival, safety and dignity of children.
“Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price”
N'DJAMENA/NEW YORK 24 October 2025 – "Thank you for joining us. I speak to you a day after leaving Darfur, following a mission that also took me to Khartoum."What I saw was alarming. Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The conflict is escalating, and children are paying the highest price.
IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan
GENEVA/NEW YORK/ROME/PORT SUDAN, 23 October 2025 – Four United Nations agencies today called for urgent international attention on the crisis in Sudan, to address the immense suffering and growing dangers to the population. Over 900 days of brutal fighting, widespread violations of human rights, famine, and the breakdown of life-sustaining services have pushed millions to the brink of survival, particularly women and children.
UNICEF UK spotlights unstoppable children at heart of new campaign
London, Monday 20 October 2025 – UNICEF UK today announces the launch of its new brand campaign ‘Making Childhood Unstoppable’.
More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan
KABUL, 16 October 2025 – One month after a devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan, over 212,000 surviving children remain at severe risk of deadly disease outbreaks due to widespread destruction of water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, UNICEF warned today.
Remarks at UN Noon Briefing – Launch of the UNICEF Child Alert on Haiti highlights the growing concern of malnutrition in children
NEW YORK, 14 October 2025 - “Children in Haiti today wake up not knowing if they will be able to go to school safely, find food, or even survive the day without being hit by a stray bullet or being caught in the crossfire of armed groups.
Media briefing on the situation of children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
GENEVA, 14 October 2025 – “Good morning and thank you for your time. “Right now, in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, in Bangladesh, [the largest camp there] funding crisis is threatening to erase years of progress for Rohingya children. I was there last week and it was disheartening to watch Classrooms [close], services [shrink], and the futures of hundreds of thousands of children are hanging by a thread.
At least 17 children reportedly killed in attack on displacement centre in North Darfur's Al Fasher, Sudan
AMMAN/NEW YORK/PORT SUDAN, 12 October 2025 – At least 17 children – 9 girls and 8 boys, including an infant just seven days old – were killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Centre in Al Fasher, North Darfur, early yesterday morning, according to reports received by UNICEF. A further 21 children were reportedly injured.
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK, 10 October 2025 – “UNICEF welcomes today's ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which provides hope for Palestinian children who have suffered through two years of horrific war.
UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: Ceasefire provides glimmer of hope for children in Gaza
GENEVA, 10 October 2025 – “Let me begin by sharing the reaction to yesterday’s news of this agreement to secure a ceasefire and end the war in the Gaza Strip from two children UNICEF spoke to in Deir al Balah, southern Gaza. Their words are far more powerful than anything I can say here today.