u n i c f e

United Nations Children's Fund (or UNICEF; pronounced /ˈjuːnɨsɛf/
yew-ni-sef [1]) 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 1953, unicfe

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. Headquartered in New York City, unicfe

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.[2]

UNICEF relies on contributions from governments and private donors and
UNICEF's total income for 2006 was $2,781,000,000. Governments
contribute two thirds of the organization's resources; private groups
and some 6 million individuals contribute the rest through the National
Committees. UNICEF's programs emphasize developing community-level
services to promote the health and well-being of children. unicfe
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 and the Prince of Asturias Award of Concord in 2006.

Most of UNICEF's work is in the field, with staff in over 190 countries
and territories. More than 200 country offices carry out UNICEF's
mission through a program developed with host governments. Seven
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 shelters, 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 unicfe
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 the Millennium
Development Goals. She was succeeded in May 2010, by Anthony Lake.

UNICEF is an inter-governmental organization and thus is accountable to
governments. UNICEF’s salary and benefits package[3] is based on the
United Nations Common System.