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This international organisation was founded in 1946 and was created by the UN General Assembly during its first session. Its objective is to secure the well-being of children and provide community centres in developing countries with health care and maternal facilities. It is a voluntary non-profit organisation. It is financed by voluntary contributions from governments and organisations. It has its headquarters in New York, USA and has more than two hundred offices around the world.

Identify the organisation being described in the above paragraph.

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ILO
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UNICEF
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FAO
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WHO
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The correct option is B UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund - or UNICEF - was founded in 1946. It was created by the UN General Assembly during its first session, to help children and their mothers in post-war Europe and China. UNICEF has its headquarters in New York, USA. Its objective is to secure the well-being of children and provide community centres in developing countries with health care and maternal facilities. UNICEF is a voluntary non-profit organisation. Many governments and organisations support the good cause that UNICEF is working for so it can continue with its job. Even celebrities and businessmen contribute to these organisations. It also sells different forms of merchandise to raise funds. One such example is that of greeting cards. UNICEF has a board of 36 member-states. They are each elected for a term of three years by the Economic and Social Council. This board takes care of the activities of the UNICEF, the programmes and aid that it initiates.

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