Q 01/05

What did the letters UNICEF originally stand for?

A) United Nations International Child Education Fund

B) United Nations Infant Care and Education Foundation

C) United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

D) United Nations Institute for Children, Education and Families

Answer · why

C) United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund became United Nations Children's Fund in 1953 to reflect a mission wider than emergencies, but ...

Q 02/05

Which UN body created UNICEF in 1946?

A) General Assembly

B) Security Council

C) Trusteeship Council

D) Secretariat

Answer · why

A) General Assembly

The General Assembly created it to bring food, clothing and health care to children in countries devastated by World War II.

Q 03/05

Where is UNICEF's headquarters?

A) New York

B) Paris

C) Geneva

D) Vienna

Answer · why

A) New York

New York hosted the 1990 World Summit for Children, where world leaders met at the UN and set goals to improve children's lives by 2000.

Q 04/05

Since 1979, royalties from which ABBA song have gone to UNICEF?

A) Chiquitita

B) Dancing Queen

C) Fernando

D) Waterloo

Answer · why

A) Chiquitita

Chiquitita has raised millions for UNICEF, and ABBA asked that the money be spent on empowering girls.

Q 05/05

How is UNICEF funded?

A) By a share of World Bank profits

B) By a tax on airline tickets

C) By interest on a UN endowment

D) Entirely by voluntary contributions

Answer · why

D) Entirely by voluntary contributions

Entirely by voluntary contributions from governments and private donors, which is why independent national committees exist to raise money from the pu...