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UNICEF was created in 1946 as an organization that aimed to provide emergency food and healthcare for countries that had been adversely impacted during World War II. In 1953, the organization permanently became a part of the United Nations. It was also at this point that the name of the organization was modified from its original name, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, to its present name, The United Nations Children’s Fund. UNICEF’s headquarters are currently based in New York City and the general purpose of the organization remains to provide humanitarian assistance to mothers and children in developing countries. A major focus of services provided by UNICEF is to...
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Patel, P.A. (2011). UNICEF. In: Goldstein, S., Naglieri, J.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2991
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