Every Child Deserves Not Only Protection, But Someone to Turn To
Statement from Helen Mason, Executive Director
The recent remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell to the United Nations Security Council are a timely and powerful reminder of the devastating toll that armed conflict continues to take on children around the world. Children do not start wars. Yet they too often suffer their greatest consequences. Whether in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, […]
Statement on the Ceasefire in Gaza
We welcome the announcement at the weekend of a ceasefire in Gaza, a crucial and long-awaited step towards ending unimaginable suffering endured by children and young people and their families and caregivers. However, as we read of people returning to homes that no longer exist, we see immediately that the devastation wrought by this conflict […]