History of December 11: Formation Day of UNICEF  

Why and When UNICEF was formed?


The six years of the catastrophic World War II had led to massive destruction and chaos worldwide leaving each resident of every single country to struggle for survival and grapple for meeting their most basic needs.

Outraged by the condition of the children in the affected countries, Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman encouraged the United Nations to establish a relief fund to provide the proper aid to the affected.

When Was UNICEF Formed?

UNICEF an acronym for United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was established on the 11th of December 1946 under the directorship of Maurice Pate (UNICEF’s first chief executive) with the primary goal of providing relief and defending, protecting and promoting children’s rights in the countries that were destroyed as the aftermath of the World War II.

Main Objective:

The United Nations General Assembly has given UNICEF the responsibility to protect children’s rights and to provide them with food, health care facilities and essentials in order for them to meet their general needs and also to safeguard their future so that these children can reach their brimming perspective.

Some Information About the Executive Board Of UNICEF:

UNICEF consists of an Executive Board that governs the working of the office and this board is elected by the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council for a term of three years.

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(Children’s welfare is important)

The countries (about 190 countries and union territories) that the organization serves is allotted with several numbers of seats so that every country has its own representative.

Awards and Achievements

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 26th October 1965 for promoting the idea of peace and brotherhood amongst various groups of people. They received the Indira Gandhi Prize for harmony and disarmament in 1989.

The organization has also received a number of awards in 2019 namely Shorty Social Good Award for Best in Public Health, Shorty Industry Award for Best in Non-Profit, Shorty Social Good Award for Best Pro Bono Campaign and Shorty Industry Award for Best Use of Medium-Length Video.

The Visual Approach

The organization has made a number of different short films, documentaries and children’s animations for awareness gatherings as well as social media.

Some of the most prominent films include: Nomad Boy

Starting from Scratch

Meet Tasani and Beneath the Dreams and their most famous children’s animation Unfairy Tales.

WATCH UNFAIRY TALES- 

 

Conclusion

Even in these difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF is continuously working with experts and gathering all the necessary information in order to keep the children and their families healthy and to help them meet their needs as much as they can.

They have also made a six-point plan in order to avoid the global crisis to become a children’s crisis and as the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase they have reminded everybody that ‘the light at the end of the tunnel needs to shine for all’.

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