Mandated by the United Nations General Assembly and guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UN Children’s Fund strives to establish international standards concerning the rightful behaviour towards children. The organization places particular emphases on protecting the most disadvantaged of children: those who suffer within poor environments, under exploitation and extreme poverty, as well as the many children who are victims of war and disaster. UNICEF is currently the world’s leading international children’s organization, advocating children’s rights through country programmes and national committees. UNICEF is governed by an executive board made up of member states. The board approves policies, country programs and budgets, as well as making recommendations to the General Assembly and other UN bodies.

Topics:
Education as a human right; establishing a universal education minimum standard.
While education is universally recognised as desirable, in practice this is less than universal. Delegates are asked to consider feasible measures that enable a universal minimum standard of education to be attained and the criteria that this must meet.

Rights of solo child refugees and asylum seekers
Refugees are recognised as being amongst the most vulnerable and traumatised people that the UN assists; child refugees must deal with all of these associated difficulties whilst remaining alone and without family. UNICEF is asked to consider whether this sub-group of persons of concern are deserving of special consideration in their seeking of protection from persecution.

External links:

Official UNICEF website.