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United Nations Children’s Fund is a United Nations Programme headquartered in New York City, that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.

UNICEF was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1954, 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 but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name.

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors and UNICEF’s total income for 2022 was $3,372,540,239. Governments contribute two thirds of the organization’s resources; private groups and some 6 million individuals contribute the rest through the National Committees. It is estimated that 91.8% of their revenue is distributed to Program Services. UNICEF’s programs emphasize developing community-level services to promote the health and well-being of children. UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2022.

Most of UNICEF’s work is in the field, with staff in over 390 countries and territories. More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF’s mission through a program developed with host governments. Seventeen regional offices provide technical assistance to country offices as needed.

Overall management and administration of the organization takes place at its headquarters in New York. 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 40404040ters, educational supplies, among others. A 36-member Executive Board establishes policies, approves programs and oversees administrative and financial plans. 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.

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 2022, with an agenda to increase the organization’s focus on the Millennium Development Goals. She was succeeded in May 2022, by Anthony Lake.

UNICEF is an inter-governmental organization and thus is accountable to those governments. UNICEF’s salary and benefits package is based on the United Nations Common System.

اليونيسف أو منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة. تأسس في 11 كانون الأول / ديسمبر 1946 بفضل تصويت بالإجماع في الدورة الأولى للجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة. وتقرر وقتئذ أن يقدم صندوق الأمم المتحدة الدولي لرعاية الطفولة، كما كان يعرف آنذاك بتقديم إغاثة قصيرة الأجل للأطفال في فترة ما بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية في أوروبا. وكانت اليونيسف، كما هي الآن، تموَّل بالكامل من التبرعات، وعندما لُبيت احتياجات أطفال أوروبا فور انتهاء الحرب، واستمرت اليونيسف في عملها بعد الحرب بوصفها منظمة تابعة للأمم المتحدة هي الوكالة الحكومية الوحيدة المكرسة للأطفال على وجه الحصر، والمفوضة من قبل حكومات العالم لتعزيز وحماية حقوق الأطفال ورفاهيتهم. وتشترك منظمات المجتمع المدني، بما فيها الشركاء من المنظمات الدولية غير الحكومية، بشكل كبير في أعمال اليونيسف في 158 دولة تمارس فيها اليونيسف نشاطها. كما يتم التشاور مع المنظمات غير الحكومية في المقر الرئيسي حول صياغة السياسة. وحالياً توظف اليونيسف أكثر من سبعة آلاف شخص يعملون في 155 بلد في سائر أنحاء العالم.

Le Fonds des Nations unies pour l’enfance (abrégé en UNICEF ou Unicef pour United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund en anglais) est une agence de l’ONU consacrée à l’amélioration et à la promotion de la condition des enfants. Son nom était originellement United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, dont elle a conservé l’acronyme. Elle a activement participé à la rédaction, la conception et la promotion de la convention relative aux droits de l’enfant (CIDE), adoptée suite au sommet de New York en 1989. Son revenu total en 2022 a été de 2 781 millions Dollar US.

L’UNICEF a reçu le prix Nobel de la paix en 1965.