New Challenges for UNICEF Children, Women and Human Rights
UNICEF, the UN Children's Fund, is renowned for its efficiency in both rich and poor countries. Created as a humanitarian agency, it is now one of the international development institutions concerned with children and mothers. The book relates the creatio
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New Challenges for UNICEF Children, Women and Human Rights Yves Beigbeder
© Yves Beigbeder 2001 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2001 978-0-333-80047-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2001 by PALGRAVE Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE is the new global academic imprint of St. Martin’s Press LLC Scholarly and Reference Division and Palgrave Publishers Ltd (formerly Macmillan Press Ltd). ISBN 978-1-349-42055-1 ISBN 978-0-230-59557-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230595576
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beigbeder, Yves. New challenges for UNICEF : children, women, and human rights / Yves Beigbeder p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–333–80047–8 (cloth) 1. UNICEF. 2. Children—Legal status, laws, etc. 3. Children’s rights. 4. Child welfare. I. Title. K639.B45 2001 362.7—dc21 2001035792 10 10
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Contents List of Figures and Tables
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Foreword
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Preface and Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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The Creation of UNICEF Organizations which preceded UNICEF The creation and mandate of UNICEF The disputed extension of the Fund Conclusion
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An Expanding Mandate Maurice Pate ± 1947±1965 Henry R. Labouisse ± 1965±1979 James P. Grant ± 1980±1995 Carol Bellamy ± 1995±(2004) Conclusion
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Structure and Finances Formal structure The extended family Funding the
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