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On 16 October, children play with building blocks at the UNICEF-supported Makanna in Atbara, River Nile. Across River Nile State, Sudan, UNICEF is establishing makannas reaching hundreds of conflict affected children.
“Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price” 

24 October 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing

On 10 October 2025, thousands of Palestinian families are moving along the coastal road back to northern Gaza, amid the extreme devastation of infrastructure
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

11 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." 

Children stand in the streets of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on 2 October 2025.
Two years of hellish war have devastated Gaza’s children

9 October 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

A child pushes another child in a wheelchair through the streets of Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on 2 October 2025.
Shoeless, Starving, and Nowhere to Go: The Brutal Logic Imposed on Gaza’s Children

3 October 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

On 26 August 2025, UNICEF delivered lifesaving nutrition supplies to vulnerable children in Gaza City.
“The unthinkable in Gaza City has already begun”

4 September 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Communication Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, Tess Ingram, from Gaza at the UN noon briefing

An injured Afghan boy (bottom) receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. ©UNICEF/UNI856118/Zahir, AFP
Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

1 September 2025

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, on the earthquake in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces

On 14 August, mothers with their children in a gathering site in Al Fasher, North Darfur.
After 500 days under siege, children in Sudan’s Al Fasher face starvation, mass displacement, and deadly violence

27 August 2025

After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily, UNICEF warned today.

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
Famine confirmed for the first time in Gaza

23 August 2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have collectively and consistently highlighted the extreme urgency for an immediate and full-scale humanitarian response given the escalating hunger-related deaths.

UNICEF Representative Sheldon Yett observes children receiving nutrition services and care at Mayo Mandela clinic in Jebel Awlia, Sudan.
Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action

5 August 2025

On 3 August, the UNICEF Representative Sheldon Yett observes children receiving nutrition services and care at Mayo Mandela clinic in Jebel Awlia, Sudan.

Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, speaks with members of the medical team at the malnutrition treatment point of the Friends of the Patient Society Hospital in Gaza City on 29 July 2025.
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks following his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

2 August 2025

Ted Chaiban, UNICEF Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations, speaks with members of the medical team at the malnutrition treatment point of the Friends of the Patient Society Hospital in Gaza City on 29 July 2025.

A child suffering from malnutrition lies on a bed in the Patient Society Hospital in Gaza City on 29 July 2025, during a visit by Ted Chaiban (not pictured), UNICEF Executive Director for Humanitarian Action and Supply Operations.
UN Agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza

29 July 2025

Gaza faces the severe risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.

Children in Gaza, July 2025, trying to get food from aid distribution centers.
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the MENA Region, Edouard Beigbeder

25 July 2025

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the MENA Region, Edouard Beigbeder, on the unconscionable deaths of children by starvation in the Gaza Strip 

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