2006-10-28 07:48:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. In 1953, its name was shortened from United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, but is still known by the popular acronym based on this old name. Headquartered in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. A voluntarily funded agency, UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors. Its programmes emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006. In the United States, Canada and some other countries, UNICEF is known for its "Trick-Or-Treat for UNICEF" program in which kids collect money for UNICEF from the houses they trick-or-treat at, sometimes instead of candy.
Following the reaching of term limits by Executive Director of UNICEF Carol Bellamy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control of the organization in May 2005 with an agenda to increase the organization's focus on the Millennium Development Goals.
2006-10-29 05:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
United Nations International Chindrens' Emergency Fund
2006-10-28 09:57:53 · answer #2 · answered by SD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United Nations Children's Fund
2016-05-22 03:26:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund originally, but now it's just the United Nations Children's Fund.
2006-10-28 07:57:18 · answer #4 · answered by Tara P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
United Nations Children's Fund.
Read - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF
2006-10-28 07:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by Happy2Help 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
united nations intenational childrens emergency fund
2006-10-28 20:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Isha J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋