UNICEF

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters.

History

UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this previous title.

Activities

UNICEF's programs emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. Most of its work is in the field, with a network that includes 150 country offices, headquarters and other facilities and 34 "national committees for UNICEF" in the countries where it provides services.

Funding

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors. Its total income for 2018 was $5.2 billion, of which two-thirds came from governments; private groups and individuals contributed the rest through national committees.

Awards and recognition

Over the years, UNICEF has been recognized for its work. In 1965, it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for "fulfilling the condition of Nobel's will, the promotion of brotherhood among nations" and emerging on the world stage as a "a peace-factor of great importance."

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