联合国儿童基金会

联合国教科文组织UNESCOUnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization联合国儿童基金会UNICEFUnitedNationsChildren‘sFund•联合国教育、科学及文化组织(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization--UNESCO)属联合国专门机构，简称联合国教科文组织。IntroducingUNESCO:WhatWeAre•UNESCOworkstocreatetheconditionsfordialogueamongcivilizations,culturesandpeoples,baseduponrespectforcommonlysharedvalues.Itisthroughthisdialoguethattheworldcanachieveglobalvisionsofsustainabledevelopmentencompassingobservanceofhumanrights,mutualrespectandthealleviationofpoverty,allofwhichareattheheartofUNESCO’Smissionandactivities.•Whoweare?•UNESCOhas193MemberStatesandsevenAssociateMemberStates.ItisgovernedbytheGeneralConferenceandtheExecutiveBoard.TheSecretariat,headedbytheDirector-General,implementsthedecisionsofthesetwobodiesMemberStates•WiththeentryoftheFaroeIslandstoUNESCOasanAssociateMemberinOctober2009,theOrganizationhasnow193MemberStatesand7AssociateMembers.•MostMemberStateshaveestablishedPermanentDelegationstoUNESCOwhich,headedbyAmbassadors,undertakeliaisonbetweentheOrganizationandtheirgovernments•Howwework?•TheGeneralConferenceestablishestheOrganization'sgoalsandprioritieseverytwoyearsandsetsthebudget.TheExecutiveBoardmeetstwiceayeartofollowprogramimplementation.•Whereweare?•UNESCOhasitsheadquartersinParis.Itishousedinanoutstanding,Modernistbuildinginauguratedin1958andrecentlyrenovated.TheOrganizationalsohasmorethan50fieldofficesaroundtheworld.OutsideviewofUNESCO’snewly-renovatedheadquarterswithflags•TheOrganization'shistory•Asearlyas1942,inwartime,thegovernmentsoftheEuropeancountries,whichwereconfrontingNaziGermanyanditsallies,metintheUnitedKingdomfortheConferenceofAlliedMinistersofEducation(CAME).TheSecondWorldWarwasfarfromover,yetthosecountrieswerelookingforwaysandmeanstoreconstructtheirsystemsofeducationoncepeacewasrestored.Veryquickly,theprojectgainedmomentumandsoontookonauniversalnote.Newgovernments,includingthatoftheUnitedStates,decidedtojoinin.•UNICEFhelpsgovernmentandfamiliesmaketheworldabetterplaceforchildren•Withitsstrongpresencein190countries,UNICEFistheworld'sleadingadvocateforchildren.•AnthonyLakebecameUNICEF’ssixthExecutiveDirectoron1May2010•Whoweare?•UNICEFisthedrivingforcethathelpsbuildaworldwheretherightsofeverychildarerealized.Wehavetheglobalauthoritytoinfluencedecision-makers,andthevarietyofpartnersatgrassrootsleveltoturnthemostinnovativeideasintoreality.Howwework?UNICEFupholdstheConventionontheRightsoftheChild.Weworktoassureequalityforthosewhoarediscriminatedagainst,girlsandwomeninparticular.WeworkfortheMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsandfortheprogresspromisedintheUnitedNationsCharter.WhatWeDo?联合国儿童基金会特使奥黛丽·赫本•Youngchildsurvivalanddevelopment•UNICEFworkswithgovernments,nationalandinternationalagencies,andcivilsocietytosupporteffectiveandessentialactionsateachphaseofthelifecycleofthechild,includinginpregnancy,earlychildhood,preschoolandschool-goingyears,andinadolescence.THEENDTHANKYOUFORWATCHING!