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Every child has an inalienable right to a healthy start, education, and a secure childhood, yet millions are denied these rights due to various factors. The United Nations has focused on children's welfare since its inception in 1945, leading to the establishment of UNICEF in 1946 to address the needs of vulnerable children. Over 75 years, UNICEF has evolved its mission to advocate for children's rights globally, working in over 190 countries.

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Childrights

Every child has an inalienable right to a healthy start, education, and a secure childhood, yet millions are denied these rights due to various factors. The United Nations has focused on children's welfare since its inception in 1945, leading to the establishment of UNICEF in 1946 to address the needs of vulnerable children. Over 75 years, UNICEF has evolved its mission to advocate for children's rights globally, working in over 190 countries.

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Children

Every child is born with the same inalienable right to a healthy start in life, an education, and a safe,
secure childhood – all the basic opportunities that translate into a productive and prosperous
adulthood. But around the world, millions of children are denied their rights and deprived of
everything they need to grow up healthy and strong – because of their place of birth or their family
of origin; because of their race, ethnicity, or gender; or because they live in poverty or with a
disability.

Every child is born with the same inalienable right to a healthy start in life, an education, and a safe,
secure childhood – all the basic opportunities that translate into a productive and prosperous
adulthood. But around the world, millions of children are denied their rights and deprived of
everything they need to grow up healthy and strong – because of their place of birth or their family
of origin; because of their race, ethnicity, or gender; or because they live in poverty or with a
disability.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a "child" as a person below the age of 18, unless
the relevant laws recognize an earlier age of majority. This was intentional, as it was hoped that the
Convention would provide protection and rights to as large an age-group as possible.

The protection, health, and welfare of children has been a focus of the United Nations since the time
of the creation of the Organization in 1945.

The destruction of Europe during World War Two, and the aftermath made the children of Europe
vulnerable. The International Children’s Emergency Fund (ICEF) was created by the UN Relief
Rehabilitation Administration to help affected children. On 11 December 1946, a resolution (57(I)) of
the United Nations General Assembly brought the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) into
being.

In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the UN and began a successful global campaign against
yaws, a disfiguring disease affecting millions of children, and one that can be cured with penicillin.

Following more than a decade of focus on child health issues, UNICEF expanded its interests to
address the needs of the whole child. Thus began an abiding concern with education, starting with
support for teacher training and classroom equipment in newly independent countries.

In 1965, the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for the Promotion of brotherhood
among nations.” Today, UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories, focusing special
effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children.

Over the course of more than 75 years, UNICEF has consistently recommitted itself to advancing
the rights of every child, while adapting its mission to meet the evolving needs of children around
the world.

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