Abstract
The present chapter examines the history of the establishment of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) after World War II and the extension of its mandate after the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted. The role of the United Nations’ cluster approach aimed to address gaps in emergency response is reassessed with respect to UNICEF. Special attention is paid to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the UNICEF mandate, and the UNICEF activities in emergencies are analysed. The chapter also addresses UNICEF’s actions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keywords
- United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
- United Nations
- Crisis and emergencies
- Armed conflict
- Universal declaration of human rights
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Sustainable Development Goals
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Notes
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UNICEF 2020a.
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UNICEF 2016.
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Ibid.
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Balakiryeva and Bondar 2012, p. 100.
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Levchenko 2009.
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UNGA 1946.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF 2020c.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF undated-a.
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UNGA 1946.
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UN 1959.
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Ibid.
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UNGA 1989.
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Optional Protocol 2000.
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Optional Protocol 2000, para 1, Article 7.
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UNICEF undated-a.
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UNICEF 2019.
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Ibid.
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UN 2015a.
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UN 2015b.
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Sustainable Development Goals, para 4.2.
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Sustainable Development Goals, para 4.5.
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UN 2015c.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNGA 1989, Articles 22, 38, 45(a).
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UNICEF 2016.
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Grant 2000.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF 2016.
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UNICEF 2020b.
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UNICEF 2020d.
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Richardson et al 2020.
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UNICEF undated-c.
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UNICEF 2020.
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UNGA 1989, para 1, Article 3.
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UNICEF undated-b.
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UN 2021.
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UNICEF 2020d.
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Ibid.
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UN 2015d.
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Hendel, N. (2022). United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). In: Sayapin, S., Atadjanov, R., Kadam, U., Kemp, G., Zambrana-Tévar, N., Quénivet, N. (eds) International Conflict and Security Law. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-515-7_34
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