{"id":27277,"date":"2024-10-15T03:31:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27277"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:48:28","slug":"unicef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/unicef\/","title":{"rendered":"What is UNICEF?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About UNICEF:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>United<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Nations International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund<\/strong>\u00a0(UNICEF) was established in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandate:<\/strong> To help children and young people whose lives and futures were at risk, no matter what role their country had played in the war.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0<strong>works in over 190 countries<\/strong>\u00a0and territories to protect the rights of every child.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding:<\/strong>\u00a0UNICEF&#8217;s work is funded\u00a0<strong>entirely through the voluntary support<\/strong>\u00a0of millions of people around the world and our partners in government, civil society and the private sector.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0It has received the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/nobel-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 1965, the\u00a0<strong>Indira Gandhi Prize<\/strong>\u00a0in 1989, and the Princess of Asturias Award in 2006.<\/li>\n<li>It publishes\u00a0<strong>important Reports:<\/strong>\u00a0The State of the World\u2019s Children, The State of the World\u2019s Children reports.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Initiatives:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2012, UNICEF worked with Save the Children and The United Nations Global Compact to develop the Children&#8217;s Rights and Business Principles, and now these guidelines form the basis of UNICEF&#8217;s advice to companies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>UNICEF&#8217;s Data Must Speak Initiative<\/strong>\u00a0(DMS) helps countries unlock existing data to expand access to education and improve learning for all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0It is headquartered in\u00a0<strong>New York City.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?<\/h3>\n<p>UNESCO was born on 16 November 1945. UNESCO has 195 Members and 8 Associate Members and is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. . The Organization has more than 50 field offices around the world and its headquarters are located in Paris. UNESCO\u2019s mission is to contribute to the building of a culture of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-becomes-3rd-largest-supplier-of-health-nutrition-support-to-unicef\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">India Becomes 3rd Largest Supplier Of Health &amp; Nutrition Support To UNICEF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations International Children\u2019s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}