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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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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]
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. DOWNLOAD IMAGE. Full credit must be given. Image release and credit information * Catherine Russell serves as UNICEF’s 8 th Executive Director, overseeing the organization’s work for children in over 190 countries and territories.
Maurice Pate, 1947-1965. Maurice Pate (1894-1965) was UNICEF's first executive director. At the time of his joining, millions of children were suffering in the aftermath of World War II. Pate made it a condition of his service that UNICEF support those in vanquished as well as victorious countries.
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.
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.*.
United Nations Children's Fund. UNICEF (/ ˈjuːniˌsɛf / 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. [3][4] The organization ...
