The following is a transcript of an interview with Catherine Russell, UNICEF executive director, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Oct. 6, 2024.

Catherine Russell is the Executive Director of UNICEF and she is just back from Israel and the West Bank. It's good to have you here. CATHERINE RUSSELL: Thanks Margaret, good to be here.

The worst case scenario of famine is playing out in the Gaza Strip, where food and nutrition indicators have reached their ...

Children in Gaza are enduring catastrophic living conditions, including severe food insecurity and malnutrition. UNICEF is ...

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

The first famine threshold—food consumption—has deteriorated rapidly since the last IPC assessment in May 2025.

Data released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate modest gains in childhood vaccination rates, but globally, more than 14 million children remain unvaccinated.

Over 5,800 children in Gaza were diagnosed with malnutrition in June, UNICEF says, warning that the number of cases is rising ...

More than 14 million children around the world have not received a single dose of any vaccine, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.This is 4 million more children ...

The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Haiti continues to deteriorate, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell warned at a UN Security Council briefing on Oct. 22.

"No country can move forward when half its population is left behind," says UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. On June 11, 2024, girls attend primary school in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Updated on: June 30, 2024 / 3:25 PM EDT / CBS News The following is a transcript of an interview with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 30, 2024.