The role of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has central to its mandate the protection and promotion of the rights of children affected by armed conflict . In collaboration with its partners (government, other United Nations agencies and funds, international, regional and nongovernmental organisations), UNICEF principally supports the development and implementation of MRE projects and associated humanitarian activities. Coordination : The UNICEF is actively involved and represented in the different coordination mechanisms established by UNMAS, governments, donors and other partners at the global and national levels, such as the MACCs, IACGMA , SCMA and MASG. In addition, UNICEF with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines co-convenes the International Mine Risk Education Working Group . UNICEF’s participation in global mine action efforts is coordinated by its Office of Emergency Programmes . UNICEF country offices coordinate and undertake its mine action efforts at the cou...