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UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
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United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF has its principal focus on long-term programmes for improving the health, basic education, food, sanitation and water supply of children in developing countries. UNICEF also takes part in emergency and reconstruction aid. Operations in conflict and civil war areas have intensified the cooperation with a number of UN and non-governmental organizations and national governments.
UNICEF is headquartered in New York, but a large part of the activities take part in the 8 regional offices and 126 country offices supported by national committees. An important part of the work is opinion-building. UNICEF is financed almost exclusively by voluntary contributions from the UN member states and from private donors.
Documentation
As part of opinion-building and to provide inform about conditions for the world's children, UNICEF publishes a vast amount of information material, reports and books, some of which is directed to children.
The UNICEF official web site provides background information, news, full text documents and reports.
The State of the World's Children is an annual report containing analyses, human interest stories, country profiles, maps and statistical data for 195 countries and territories. It is posted online at the UNICEF official web site.
UNICEF Annual Report is a survey of the achievements and activities by UNICEF. A full text version for recent years is posted at the UNICEF official web site.
Humanitarian Action Report is UNICEF’s annual appeal for children and women affected by emergencies around the world. An oline version is available at the UNICEF official web site.
The Executive Board of UNICEF submits an annual report to the ECOSOC in the documentary series Economic and Social Council Official Records. Supplement No. 14. It provides a summary of UNICEF's programme and activities with references to relevant documents and reports.
A complete collection in print is included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.
We the Children is a review of the progress made and the setbacks which arose in meeting the commitments of the 1990 World Summit for Children, including recommendations for further action. The report is posted at the UNICEF official web site.
Convention on the Rights of the Child.
World Summit for Children, 2002.
A summary of the work of the United Nations Children's Fund for a given year with references to essential documents can be accessed through the Yearbook of the United Nations, Part Three, Economic and Social Questions, Children, Youth and Ageing Persons. A complete collection of yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva. A complete collection of Yearbooks is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and by the UN Libraries. Since October 2008 the complete full text collection of The United Nations Yearbooks is available online at http://unyearbook.un.org/.
Facts for Life - a simple guide to basic child care - is one of the world's most widely read books. It is translated into 215 languages. A full text version is posted at the UNICEF official web site.
International and national statistics relevant to the situation of children is posted at the UNICEF official web site.
Databases and Indexes
Evaluation and Research Database - ERD - contains abstracts and full text reports of evaluations and surveys related to UNIFEC programs It is available at the UNICEF official web site.
References to UNICEF documents and reports from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be accessed through the United Nations online catalogue - UNBISnet.