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On May 24, 2024, the Council of the European Union approved the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD). UNICEF welcomes this important milestone for a more comprehensive corporate responsibility for human and child rights.

Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war-torn Sudan.

The devastating landslides in Papua New Guinea are particularly affecting the youngest: over 40 percent of those affected are children under the age of 16. UNICEF is therefore intensifying its aid measures.

Armed groups in the capital have strangled supply chains, putting millions of children at risk of disease and malnutrition.

Heavy rainfall in several regions of Afghanistan led to devastating flash floods on Friday.

Almost one million people in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Somalia have been affected by floods and landslides. UNICEF and other humanitarian organizations are stepping up life-saving emergency aid for children and affected communities.

With hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah injured, sick, malnourished, traumatized or living with a disability, UNICEF calls for children to not be forcibly relocated, and the vital infrastructure on which children rely to be protected.

75 per cent of children in Lebanon at risk of poverty, as multiple overlapping crises push families closer to the brink.

25 children were verified as killed in attacks across Ukraine between January and March 2024.

One year since violence exploded in Sudan, and as the ensuing crisis continues to deepen, the lives, educations and futures of a generation of Sudanese children hang in the balance.