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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  • Authored by: Ada Verloren; Series Editor: Peggy Kahn
  • From the Series: Global Organizations
  • Trim Size: 6-1/2 x 9-1/4
  • ISBN-10: 0791095665
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-9566-9
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $35.00
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 06/01/2009
  • Dewey Number: 362
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 136

Summary

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.

Specifications

Full-color photographs, maps, and graphs. Sidebars. Chronology. Footnotes. Bibliography. Further reading. Web sites. Index.

About the Author(s)

Ada Verloren is an attorney who teaches in the Center for Afro-American and African Studies (CAAS) at the University of Michigan. She 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.

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