50 years - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1996 - 10 Shilling

UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Its founding in 1946 was actually a chance product of international politics. With the founding of the United Nations, a relief organization that had existed for two years was rendered superfluous, disbanded, and with the remainder of its funding created the International Children's Fund. Right from the start, children were helped in all countries without any political reservations, first and foremost with the supply of dried milk. Over the years, the focus has changed several times. In the 1950's there were e.g. Diseases such as tuberculosis, leprosy and malaria. In the late 1980s, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The culmination of UNICEF's new "Revolution for the Survival and Development of Children" culminated in the 1990 World Summit for Children, where representatives of 159 governments adopted a joint resolution. After the end of the Cold War, UNICEF today ensures that the survival, development and rights of children remain on the international political agenda.