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Unicef

//ˈju.niˌsɛf// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

    "The UNICEF was established in December 1946 by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly. […] To present an adequate picture of the problem which the Committee on Foreign Affairs faced during the Eighty-first Congress in connection with the UNICEF, the background of congressional action in the Eightieth Congress is necessary."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of UNICEF (not used in North America) Australia, New-Zealand, UK, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries wordnet

Etymology

Acronym of its original name, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. Now officially United Nations Children's Fund.

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