UNICEF-United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

1. United Nations Children's Fund  UNICEF
2. Headquartered in New York City,
3. UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946
4. To provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953.
5. 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
6. UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers indeveloping countries.
7. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children.
8. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.
9. Overall management and administration of the organization takes place at its headquarters in New York.
10. UNICEF's Supply Division is based in Copenhagen and serves as the primary point of distribution for such essential items as vaccines, antiretroviral medicines for children and mothers with HIV, nutritional supplements, emergency shelters, educational supplies.
11. A 36-member Executive Board establishes policies, approves programs and oversees administrative and financial plans.
12. The Executive Board is made up of government representatives who are elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, usually for three-year terms.
13. Following the reaching of term limits by Executive Director of UNICEF Carol Bellamy, former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman became executive director of the organization in May 2005, with an agenda to increase the organization's focus on theMillennium Development Goals. She was succeeded in May 2010, by Anthony Lake.