UNICEF head Catherine Russell: 'We're all committed to the importance of children'

Home Shows Perspective To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 11:07 Issued on: 11/11/2026 - 13:49 From the show More than 50 countries, 20 non-governmental and philanthropic organisations and a series of multinational companies are pledging this week to put children's rights at the heart of their policies and actions. A pact is being agreed upon at the Paris Peace Forum, where the rights of children are taking centre stage. Among those leading the charge is the UN Children's Fund UNICEF. We spoke to its executive director Catherine Russell in Perspective. She told us that "if children are not cared for in countries, it's hard to imagine what a country looks like in the future".