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UNICEF is warning that the stoppage of aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip will quickly lead to devastating consequences for children and families across Gaza who are struggling to survive. “The aid restrictions announced yesterday will...

The latest war in Lebanon has had a significant negative impact on children’s lives, with effects continuing to reverberate even after the ceasefire came into effect in November 2024, according to a new UNICEF report. The...

UNICEF is deeply concerned by the significant increase in reports of grave violations against children in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The number of incidents has tripled since the latest escalation...

The Ministry of Finance’s Economic Relations Division (ERD) and UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, also known as the United Nations Children’s Fund, have inked a grant agreement totaling $366,500 (Taka 439.80 Lakh). The three-year...

The Federal Council was briefed at its meeting on January 29, 2025, on the implementation of the development cooperation measures that Parliament had approved upon. Parliament trimmed CHF 321 million from the 2026–28 financial plan for...

Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF said today. The...

As levels of violence and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surge, UNICEF is calling for emergency measures to save the school year for hundreds of thousands of children. Even before the latest...

At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF...

The number of internally displaced children in Haiti has increased by nearly 50 per cent since September – now equaling approximately one in eight children in the entire country – as a result of ongoing violence...

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah travelled to Sudan this week to meet with children and families affected by the conflict that has devastated the country for the past 19 months. During his visit, Beah – a...