UNICEF Day is observed each year on December 11 with an aim to spread awareness on saving children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
UNICEF Day 2020: UNICEF Day is observed every year on December 11. The United Nations General Assembly announced UNICEF on December 11, 1946, to ensure it functions as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.
The programme focussed to provide supplies, assistance and to improve the health, nutrition, education, and general welfare of children after the World War II.
The organisation was originally named United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.
In 1953, the organisation became a permanent agency of the UN and thereafter the words ‘International’ and ‘Emergency’ were dropped from the official name however the acronym continued.
UNICEF today works in 190 countries and territories aiming to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from their early childhood through adolescence.
UNICEF Day 2020: Universal Children’s Day
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) this year completed 74 years of its foundation. Therefore to mark the occasion, here are some popular quotes by some famous personalities.
UNICEF Day 2020 Quotes
Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” -Rabindranath Tagore
“Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.” -A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” -Mother Teresa