United Nations Children's Fund

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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39 documents · 1954–1985

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3 topics

Child Needs Child Welfare Children

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

Endorses the new emphasis and approach represented by those decisions, in particular those aspects which will assist developing countries desiring to:

Make intensive and integrated surveys of child needs for the purpose of identifying those priority needs which might most effectively be met by national and international action ;

( b) Draw up long-term plans and programmes for child welfare on the basis of such surveys ;

• Report by the Executive Director (E/ICEF /410 and Add.l) and supplementary reports by the Bureau of Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, the International Labour Organisation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (E/ICEF/411-415 and 415/Add.l.).

7 Resolution 1386 (XIV) of 20 November 1959.

Formulate projects which offer additional opportunities for the increasingly effective integration in such national programmes of external assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to support the United Nations Children's Fund in this policy, especially by making available adequate and appropriate technical services, including in particular those relating to social services for children and to training programmes;

Commends the report entitled "Survey of the needs of children" to Governments for study and for distribution to their national agencies which have responsibilities in the field of child welfare i 4.

Commends the Secretary-General and the specialized agencies for their continued collaboration with the Fund in programmes for the promotion of child welfare ;

Expresses the hope that those agencies will cooperate fully with the implementation of the new emphasis and approach of the programmes of the Fund, particularly by assisting countries wishing to draw up and implement longer-term programmes for child welfare within the framework of their economic and social development plans ;

Requests the resident representatives of the Technical Assistance Board, in promoting the co-ordination of these efforts, to continue to offer every possible assistance to the Governments and agencies concerned ;

Expresses its conviction that the progressive outlook of the Fund, the new emphasis and approach in its policy and its capacity to adapt programmes to the evolving needs of the developing countries will be recognized by a continuation and strengthening of the financial support necessary to sustain both its traditiom1.l and its extended activities;

Expresses its appreciation of, and encourages, the participation of the non-governmental organizations both in efforts to promote the work of the Fund in developing countries and in the task of increasing the resources available to the Fund.

18 December 1961.

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