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UNICEF

American

[yoo-nuh-sef] / ˈyu nəˌsɛf /

noun

United Nations Children's Fund: an agency, created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946, concerned with improving the health and nutrition of children and mothers throughout the world; Nobel Peace Prize 1965.

UNICEF British

/ ˈjuːnɪˌsɛf /

acronym

United Nations Children's Fund (formerly, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund): an agency of the United Nations that administers programmes to aid education and child and maternal health in developing countries

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Etymology

Origin of UNICEF

U(nited) N(ations) I(nternational) C(hildren's) E(mergency) F(und) (an earlier official name)

Example Sentences

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All children in the Gaza Strip need psychological support after more than two years of war, according to UNICEF.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

At last the WHO, UNICEF, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency were able to start vaccinating children.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2024

The campaign will be administered by "the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA".

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

Among at least 240 people dead are 51 children, according to UNICEF, one of several international aid groups that are sending relief teams, medicines, blankets and other supplies.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

Growing up, the only white men I ever saw worked for either the UN or UNICEF.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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