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End of World War II
WW2 ended by the dropping of the A bombs on Japan during August 1945. During this same period we killed 118,000 Japanese defenders. It was a terrible experience but would have been nothing compared to our having to invade Japan itself. -
Beginning of United Nations
The idea for the future United Nations as an international organization emerged in declarations signed at the wartime Allied conferences, the Moscow Conference and the Tehran Conference. -
Beginning of United Nations Children's Fund
UNICEF was created to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1954, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. -
Started to UNICEF school fund-raising
Metropolitan Toronto Separate (Catholic) School Board trustees are surprised the board would consider a recommendation from three senior staff that the UNICEF organization be allowed to continue its fund-raising efforts in Toronto-area Catholic schools. -
Awarded the Novel Peace Prize
UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 26 October 1965 for "fulfilling the condition of Nobel's will, the promotion of brotherhood among the nations“ and emerging on the world stage as a “a peace-factor of great importance.” This event was made possible by in the growth of a global partnership involving governments, private and non-governmental organizations and the world's peoples, to take advantage of increasing opportunities for improving the lives of children everywhere. -
Nigeria Civil War
Feeding millions of children during Biafra's bid to secede from Nigeria. -
designated 1979 as the "Year of the Chld"
Held to launch the International Year of the Child, organized by the US Committee for Unicef, the concert was telecast in sixty countries around the world to anestimated audience of 250 million. All the artists who performed gave to Unicef the rights of a song, either the one they sang or another, and between the telecasts and the album sales, 'A Gift of Song'
raised $4 million. 'Music for Unicef launched the International Year of the Child in truly celebratory style. -
The Child Survival Revolution is launched with "GOBI"
Growth monitoring Oral rehydration therapy Breastfeeding Immunization (GOBI) UNICEF launched its Child Survival and Development Revolution (CSDR), which focused on four inexpensive interventions to reduce child deaths. The acronym "GOBI" represents the four program components of CSDR: growth monitoring to detect early signs of child malnutrition; oral rehydration to prevent death by dehydration as a consequence of diarrhea; breast-feeding to stop the unhealthy and often deadly effects of infant -
Unification of Germany
The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany, and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die Wende. The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity. -
The first-ever world summit for children.
The summit had the then-largest-ever gathering of heads of state and government to commit to a set of goals to improve the well-being of children worldwide by the year 2000. It was the first time a UN conference had set a broad agenda for a wide range of goals in health, education, nutrition and human rights. -
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. areas on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets. The hijackers intentionally flew two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. -
India Ocean earthquake
India ocean tsunami genetares redord-breaking humanitarian response. One year after, the disaster ludnesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake. -
Japan earthquake
UNICEF is closely monitoring the situation in Japan. The Government of Japan has invested significantly in earthquake and emergency response preparedness and has not requested UNICEF support at this time. UNICEF continues to follow the situation including the movement of tsunami waves across the Pacific region. UNICEF has prepositioned staff and emergency supplies throughout the region to assist vulnerable children and families should the need arise.
