Encyclopedia entry
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Encyclopedia of human rights
Oxford Reference online, Oxford University Press, 1
2009
Abstract
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was founded in late 1946; its name was later changed to the United Nations Children's Fund, although the UNICEF acronym was retained. The fund was intended to fill the gap in humanitarian work left by the termination of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, which had been part of the postwar relief effort. UNICEF was created by General Assembly Resolution 57(I), acting on the recommendation of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) that a fund be created to provide continued humanitarian relief to children during postwar reconstruction. UNICEF therefore was not a “specialized agency”—which would be brought into a relationship with the United Nations (UN) through a written agreement—but a fund of ECOSOC. By 1953 UNICEF had survived efforts to terminate its functions, and it became a permanent fund with ongoing operations. [1st paragraph]
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- Title
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Creators
- Joel E Oestreich - Drexel University, Politics
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of human rights
- Series
- Oxford Reference online
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York; Oxford
- Edition
- 1
- Resource Type
- Encyclopedia entry
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Identifiers
- 991021873715404721