The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7910-9566-9
Verlag: Chelsea House Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 428 g

Reihe: Global Organizations

The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was originally created to provide relief for children in countries devastated by the destruction of World War II. After 1950, UNICEF turned to focus on general programs for the improvement of children's welfare worldwide, and in 1965, it was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for its humanitarian efforts. The organization concentrates on areas in which relatively small expenditures can have a significant impact on the lives of the most disadvantaged children in developing countries, such as the prevention and treatment of disease, child healthcare, malnutrition, illiteracy, and other welfare services.

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Ada Verloren is an attorney who teaches in the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. She was previously affiliated with the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School. Verloren has a Ph.D. in law from the University of London, an LL.M. in international human rights law from the University of Notre Dame, and a law degree from the University of South Africa.