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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II. Our mandate was clear: to help children and young people whose lives and futures were at risk – no matter what role their country had played in the war.
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Thanks to our historical body of knowledge, UNICEF has an...
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UNICEF’s tag line becomes ‘unite for children’. Previously,...
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Find out more about the executive team, directors and experts at UNICEF driving change for every child. Biography.
The Executive Board is the governing body of UNICEF, providing intergovernmental support and oversight to the organization, in accordance with the overall policy guidance of the United Nations General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council.
UNICEF (/ ˈ j uː n i ˌ s ɛ f / YOO-nee-SEF), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, [a] is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
Henrietta Holsman Fore (born December 9, 1948) is an American public health and international development executive who was the executive director of UNICEF till January 2022. [1] Fore is chairman and CEO of Holsman International, a management, investment, and advisory services company.
Catherine Mary Russell (born March 4, 1961) is an American attorney and political adviser who is the executive director of UNICEF as of 2022. [1] Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office , United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues , and Chief of Staff to then- Second Lady of the ...
History. Established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946 and originally known as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the UN Children’s Fund has employed three approaches in discharging its mandate.*.
