UNICEF and the World Economic Forum came together to deliver services regarding covid 19
UNICEF and the World Economic Forum recently signed charter with 18 shipping, airlines and logistics companies to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. Such common institutional efforts are needed to give impetus to global pandemic management.
18 shipping, airlines and logistics industry CEOs, the Executive Director of UNICEF, and the President of the World Economic Forum, have signed a charter supporting UNICEF and COVAX countries in four main ways:
- Engage with governments, customs authorities, UNICEF and other UN Agencies, and NGOs;
- Participate in operational asset and competency sharing
- Assign expertise to support governments, where requested by UNICEF
- Support UNICEF’s Global Vaccine Logistics Distribution, for COVID-19, with prioritization and solutions for international and in country distribution of vaccines and related supplies on behalf of the COVAX facility.
According to UNICEF, The unprecedented magnitude of the pandemic requires innovative and bold collective action from multinational organizations, governments and industries for inclusive and efficient distribution of safe vaccines.
What is UNICEF ?
On 11 December 1946, the United Nations established UNICEF to meet the emergency needs of children in post-war Europe and China. It is United Nations specialized agency . It is headquartered at New York , United States of America.
NICEF is the United Nations Children’s Fund, working in the world’s toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere.
UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories and in the world’s toughest places to reach the children and young people in greatest need.
One of the world’s largest providers of vaccines, UNICEF
supports child health and nutrition, safe water and sanitation, quality
education and skill building, HIV prevention and treatment for mothers and
babies, and the protection of children and adolescents from violence and
exploitation. Before, during and after humanitarian emergencies, UNICEF is on
the ground, bringing life-saving help and hope to children and families.
UNICEF's Executive Board :
The Executive Board is made up of 36 Member States, elected to three-year terms
by the Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation:
Africa (8 seats), Asia (7), Eastern Europe (4), Latin America and Caribbean (5)
and Western Europe and Others (12).
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in 190 countries through
country programmes and UNICEF national committees .
