UNICEF works to protect children's survival, health, and well-being by providing funds for personnel training and technical supplies to make efforts preventing diseases and providing help to children and mothers in emergencies. It also helps governments plan and develop maternal and child health, nutrition, clean water, and sanitation services. WHO helps countries improve their health systems through infrastructure and institutions while giving important drugs for medical care and immunization. It promotes disease research, safe drinking water and waste disposal, and fights diseases like malaria through conferences, journals, and defining medicine standards. UNESCO promotes education, scientific research, and cultural preservation through removing illiteracy, exchanges, and improving communication. It provides funds and advice

1. Major Agencies of United
Nations

2. UNICEF- United
Nations
International
Children’s
Emergency
Fund.
HQ: New York
Functions:
1. Protection of children’s survival, heath and
well being.
2. Provides funds for training personnel,
including health and sanitation workers,
teachers and nutritionists.
3. To make efforts to prevent diseases likes
TB, Malaria, Eye/Skin diseases etc.
4. Provide help to children and mothers
in emergencies like calamity, strikes and
epidemics.
5. Provide technical supplies, aids
equipments, medicines, pipes and
pumps.
6. To help governments to plan, develop
and give best services in fields like
maternal and child health, nutrition, clean
water and sanitation.

3. WHO- World
Health
Organisation
HQ: Geneva,
Switzerland.
7 APRIL 1948
Functions:
1. It helps countries to improve their health
system by building infrastructure, manpower,
institutions.
2. WHO gives important DRUGS needed for
medical care. Immunization on major diseases like
Measles, Tetanus, TP, Polio etc.
3. Promotes RESEARCH to cure and prevent
diseases. Example: Cancer, heart diseases.
4. SAFE DRINKING WATER and WASTE
DISPOSAL.
5. Organizes conferences, seminars and
training for health care personnel from
different countries.
6. Publish health Journals like Bulletin of the
WHO.
7. Fighting and preventing diseases. E.g. Malaria
8. To prevent DIARRHOEAL Diseases- killers of
infants and young children
9. Define standards for strength & purity of
medicines.

4. UNESCO-
United Nations
Educational,
Scientific and
Cultural
Organisation
HQ: Paris.
4 November
1946
Functions:
Education:
 Removal of illiteracy,
 Education of women & girls,
 Financial help to disabled children
 Promotion of education,
 Organizing book fairs and exhibitions
Scientific Activities:
 Organizes scientific seminars,
conferences of scientists in various countries.
 Publish journals like: COURIER
 Promotes research in filed of mathematics,
physics, geology etc.
 Study of social sciences and combating
discrimination, improving status of women,
helping youth to solve their problems
 Improve quality of Videos, Press.
 Also helps to improve communication in
developing countries.

5. Functions:
Preservation of Cultural Heritage:
 Provides funds, equipments, advice to
preserve monuments and other art
work.
 Protects world inheritance of books,
art and rare manuscripts.
 Encourages artistic creations in
literature and fine arts.
 Promotes Cultural missions (exchange
programmes)
 Through the medium of FILMS works on
cultural development
UNESCO-
United Nations
Educational,
Scientific and
Cultural
Organisation
HQ: Paris.
4 November
1946