A warm start to the week alongside Catherine Russell, meeting the dedicated UNICEF Uzbekistan team in Tashkent. Grateful for their commitment to protecting children's rights.

How can universities become allies in advancing child rights? At the University of Thessaly, we explored this together with professors, scientific staff & students, as part of UNICEF’s #ChildRights Centres initiative. Grateful for the growing academic network across 🇬🇷.

I commend GOV.UZ for joining the Bogota Call to Action to End Violence Against Children. This is a powerful step forward in delivering on last year’s Global Ministerial Conference commitments – and upholding every child’s right to grow up safe and free from violence.

With the threat of famine in Gaza growing by the day, UNICEF and aid partners must be allowed to do our job.  We cannot stand by while children are dying.    My opinion piece in the The New York Times      nytimes.com/2025/05/29/opi…

I applaud #Uzbekistan for convening Health Ministers from Central Asia, World Health Organization (WHO), and UNICEF for a regional dialogue on advancing child health through stronger primary health care systems. Grateful to First Lady Ziroat Mirziyoyeva for her leadership and commitment to driving

At Uzbekistan’s International Inclusive Hub, young people are driving change for a more inclusive society. With Catherine Russell and Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, Chairperson of Zamin Foundation's Board of Trustees, we saw the power of youth-led initiatives through #UPSHIFT. I commend her

Great to attend the opening of an early childhood intervention center at a primary health care facility in Dushanbe alongside Deputy PM Dilrabo Mansuri and Ministers who have been key to furthering the rights of children in Tajikistan, including children with disabilities.

Pleased to visit an Inson Centre with Catherine Russell and see how Uzbekistan is expanding access to integrated social services and benefits. This walk-in model helps ensure that even the most vulnerable families receive the support they need – a promising step toward inclusive

At the Children and Youth Glaciers Preservation Forum, Catherine Russell and I had the privilege of meeting youth climate advocates and hearing their ideas for driving climate action and protecting their communities from the impacts of melting glaciers.

International humanitarian law must be respected and applied. UNICEF and its humanitarian partners must be allowed to do our jobs. Because the price of inaction is too high for children to pay.

A pleasure to meet the Mayor of Dushanbe, Rustami Emomali & thank him for his continued support of UNICEF’s work. We discussed ways to strengthen our work for children, including children with disabilities, to deliver on child rights, education & green, sustainable development.

Every child has the right to be safe, to learn, and to be heard. This #InternationalChildrensDay is a reminder of our shared responsibility to help them thrive 💙 #ChildRights #ForEveryChild

We won't grow numb to suffering. We won't accept the killing of civilians, humanitarians, journalists, medical workers or United Nations personnel as the new normal anywhere, under any circumstance. We won't waver in our principles. We won't abandon our values. We will never, ever give

Wishing you and your families a blessed Eid al-Adha filled with peace, joy & prosperity. May this special time bring light to every home — &may every child around the world experience the happiness and warmth of festive days. #EidMubarak #EidAlAdha #ForEveryChild

His Majesty King Abdullah II, during a meeting with Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid in Nice, France, affirms the deep-rooted ties between #Jordan and #Iraq

"To the staff of UNICEF...we owe a debt of gratitude. You do not simply carry out the mission of this organization. You embody it. Your dedication is the backbone of UNICEF’s credibility & the heart of its impact." Amb. Hikmat Jonibek Hikmat, President of the Executive Board

"We have a full agenda to cover over the next few days. Twenty-one agenda items. Eleven draft decisions. And one clear goal: to honour our responsibility to children – not with words alone, but with action." Amb. Hikmat Jonibek Hikmat, President 📺 unicef.link/43B00O4

Chaired by H.E. Mr. Jonibek Ismoil Hikmat Jonibek Hikmat, the EB annual session 1st meeting included: 👉 opening statements by the President & ED, 👉 annual report of the ED, 👉 report on recommendations of the JIU & 👉 general statements. Watch: 📺: unicef.link/4kYGiS4

For decades, plastic pollution has contaminated the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe. Amid the ongoing climate crisis, I urge leaders to listen to young people in West and Central Africa's call-to-action to #BeatPlasticPollution. unicef.org/wca/reports/he…

And that’s a wrap! 💙 We’ve walked through every right, every article — all made simple & child-friendly, just the way it should be. From the right to play 🧸 to the right to be heard 🗣️, to protection, love & learning — every child deserves it all. Children’s rights are