Why did UNICEF win the Nobel Prize?

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          UNICEF was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 11th December 1946. It was originally known as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The headquarters of UNICEF is in New York.



          The Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman is widely regarded as the founder of UNICEF, and served as its first chairman from 1946.



          UNICEF serves in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of children. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. As part of these efforts, UNICEF built thousands of health stations in the third world and launched projects to ensure school attendance for children and adolescents.



          Nineteen years after its founding, UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 26th October 1965. UNICEF serves as the primary source of distribution for essential items such as vaccines and nutritional supplements.



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