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This UN agency sucks big time, alot of funding, alot of 'professional', all yes man, plundering money, time whilst needy children and families watch in awe. Highly political international, National and Local level politics, discrimination between International, professional and general staff employees. Even employment is quite shady, where nobody is given ffedback although its a UN HR policy, they apply UN global policies when it helps the higher management other wise theres is no policy even though it involves safety of the local workers. Security, health, employees benefits can take months to claim, as usually HR and the system is so 'beuracratic'. Bottom line , UNICEF is a CORPORATE entity it not an HUMANITARIAN organization. Oh yeah definately not a family organization, even most of management are single, workacholics who couldn't careless till a rock hits em on the head with the carelessness.
By UNI-CUNT
Discrimination of employees and benefits although rules do not state this, they base everything on theres no funds, but they become available for International and professional staff but not for general staff
By UNIASSortment
Drives people insane to work as a humanitarian, follow humanitarian laws and not have them applied to yourself, for the sake of others peacew but not yours. I guess UN never understood, INNER PEACE IS OUTER PEACE, no wonder they are so flawed.
By hello
Career growth in the UN and UNICEF , is much as making sure you agree with all the workings that the management is doing. If you ever talk against them then guess what your contract will not be extended. The fact is having to many 'MANAGERS' and 1/3 of the over all strenght as work forces, messes things up. Plus employment with bribes and Shafaris are common place either for internal, external candidates, firends of the representatives, new york head quarters, regional head quarters, government and personal friends of the supervisors usually get the position for 'capacity building purpose' , of course the capacity to build corruption and lawlessness of the UNs rules of conflict of interest.
By AMK
Unfortuantely, although National Staff get kidnapped, robbed, assulted or murdered, more than the International staff, still the latter is given maximum protection but the former is at the mercy of the local communities even if the UN / UNICEF sign is like a skull and bones of danger or threat to people. There have been many recent incidents in the Middle East, Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Safety and Security body UNDSS also just watches and well does not do anything. Are they waiting for buildings to blow up like in Iraq and Algiers before they do. Its sad and discriminating.
By No security for Locals
Well theres no fixed standard , it depends of whats available, ther might be 5-6 people in th epanel or just 3. There is a shortlist panel, which includes HR personal and then there is hte supervisors short listing. Then there is the SAP (Selection and Appointment Panel or in simple terms 'the interview') of atleast 3 persons, consisting of the supervisor, HR person and a staff committee member( UNICEFs elected body). It is very difficult for externals or even new comers to over come this, as these people will selct a person whos been around more irrespective than the 'intelligence' plus, no matter what the SAP panel says the supervisor can still bring 'the person' required in. Then these same SAP members answer for their finding against the APC (Appointment and Placement committee, this is also a semi0-elected body). Yet again since employees are yes man too the management hence this 'neutrality' of the best person for the job, just becomes then best person as felt by the management for the job. So like even Ann Venemans selection from being the previous agriculture secratary of the USA ( who helped starve thousands of children in mexico due to her policies, became the executive director of UNICEF!!!). If shes on top , do you need to wonder whats the lower level like?
By Interviewee
I was interviewd and their emailed request for interview and tests stated the shortlished candidates that are interviewed will be told of the results. In actual I had to call them, for which they said the position is filled and I asked my results they said thats secret, seems very devious would not you say.
By Interviewees
UNICEF does nothing but collect alot of funds to help children but ends up helping the BIG CATS of management (thats 70% of UNICEF) the rest of the funds do not go to the children as they are dispersed to other NGOs (non - governmental organisations), who are supposedly 'audited' but even the audits are never more then 5% of the funds they disperse, so of course they'll be plundering or is it KICK BACKS???
By Economic Plunderer
UNICEF motto of Children should be of course to help children AFTER WE"VE HAD OUR FILLING
By HumanDisgrace
UNICEF had the motto "ADVANCE HUMAINTY" (they forgot to mention IN REVERSE GEAR!!!!)
By AdvanceHumanity
Whats even more intriguing is UNICEF will wait to issue no against or for statements till THEIR REARED FROM MANAGEMENT TOO!!!!
By NoUNICEFcomment
If I was that bad, I would take out all the anger as do people in USA , walk in the HQ when directors , ex. directors are there, with a loaded weapon and fire away till all the 'lawlessness' is puts back the law into the organisation. This will be one of the first UN agencies to fail due to 'the senistivity' of how the worlds 'children' are being handled.
By Homicide
Americans mostly know UNICEF through the “trick or treat for UNICEF” campaigns. The “trick” is on the donors who think that UNICEF is all about helping poor children. UNICEF has been a major financier of Palestinian “summer camps” which encourage children to become suicide bombers. One such camp is named for Wafa Idris, a female suicide bomber. During the late 1990s, UNICEF served as a propaganda organ of the Saddam Hussein regime. Relying solely on Iraqi government statistics, UNICEF and the Saddam government co-authored a report asserting that over a million children in Iraq died because of U.N. sanctions. A map on the first page of the report depicted Kuwait as a province of Iraq. UNICEF is the primary funder for the “Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation” (PYALARA), which UNICEF calls “a major strategic partner in Palestine.” Materials produced by the group are frequently used in schools operated by UNICEF. PYALARA publishes a 16-page newspaper for young people, The Youth Times (TYT). It is distributed at Palestinian universities, colleges, community centers, and in the many U.N.-operated schools in Palestinian areas. The organization claims that its mission is “expanding awareness of one’s roots and identity, environment and culture, as well as of other countries and the world at large.” Yet PYALARA’s products follow the typical line of terrorist propaganda, in which nothing is the fault of the Palestinians, everything is the fault of the Jews, and there is never any effort to consider the merits of Israel’s position on anything. For example, one PYALARA article was admiring a biography of the recently-deceased terrorist Abu Ali Mustafa. Mustafa was the head of the terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a branch of Yassir Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Mustafa met his demise at the hands of Israeli forces in 2001. In the months before Mustafa’s death, his terrorist group had assassinated an Israeli Cabinet Minister, set off three car bombs in Jerusalem, and carried out many other terrorist attacks. Earlier, Mustafa and the PLFP had worked with the Japanese Red Army (a Communist terrorist group) and slaughtered 24 people at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. In 1976, the PFLP hijacked an Air France flight. After refueling in Libya, they flew to Entebbe, Uganda, which was, at the time, ruled by the insane, genocidal tyrant Idi Amin. The PFLP hijackers, assisted by Amin’s army, demanded that five nations release 53 named, convicted terrorists, or else the plane and its passengers would be blown up. The Israeli Defense Forces carried out a daring raid on the Entebbe airport, killing the hijackers and their Ugandan accomplices, and rescuing all the hostages. The IDF rescue planes touched down at Ben Gurion Airport on July 4, 1976. One of the few Israeli casualties in the rescue was Lt. Col. Yoni Netanyahu, whose brother Benjamin would later become Prime Minister of Israel. So what did the UNICEF-funded PYALARA have to tell young people about the terrorist mastermind Abu Ali Mustafa? That he was “a political leader...whose history prides his nationalistic activism.” Mourning the death of the terrorist, the magazine whined “this is a human being who has a family that awaits his arrival every day.” Sympathy would have been better directed to the many innocents who were murdered at Mustafa’s direction. Then, in a lie typical of the Palestinian propaganda press, the PYALARA claimed “the Israelis could have turned to Abu Ali Mustafa to talk peace if peace were what they truly wanted.” In truth, Mustafa was always an adamant foe of negotiations, opposed even to Arafat’s strategy of going through the motions of peace negotiations in order to distract attention from his devotion for war. Shortly before becoming head of the PFLP, Mustafa was interviewed by Al-Jazeera. He stated: “We believe the conflict and the struggle against Israel is a strategic [principle] that is not subordinated to any consideration.” Thus, “We believe the Palestinian people, both in the Diaspora and under occupation, have the right to struggle using all means, including the armed struggle, because we think the conflict is the constant, while the means and tactics are the variables.” Not that UNICEF blames Israel for everything. Bianca Jagger, in her official capacity as “UNICEF ambassador,” has toured the Middle East telling audiences that the United States is the source of evil in the modern world. As for the actual needs of children, UNICEF is sometimes an obstacle to progress. For example, UNICEF has been pressuring Guatemala to stop allowing inter-country adoptions. That is, UNICEF would prefer a child to languish in a Guatemalan orphanage rather than be adopted by a loving family in the United States. UNICEF’s focus on politics and political correctness has come at the expense of saving the lives of the approximately ten million children under the age of five who die each year from preventable causes. According to UNICEF, the major cause of child poverty in the world is the free market—even though countries with free markets have vastly lower levels of child poverty than do the kleptocratic, statist economies extolled by UNICEF. A 2003 report praised the North Korean dictatorship: the particular strength of the DPRK’s policy framework lies in its comprehensiveness, integration and consistency in addressing the interests of children and women. It has been aligned with the collective production system. The Government has proactively broadened and updated its laws and policies on an ongoing basis, also making an effort to harmonize with international innovations and standards. Given UNICEF’s affinity for the extreme left, it should be no surprise that UNICEF helps fund the gun- prohibition lobby in Brazil. The Executive Director of UNICEF is traditionally chosen by the United States (although nominally appointed by the U.N. Secretary-General). All of the abuses described above took place during the tenure of Executive Director Carol Bellamy, who was selected by President Clinton in 1995. In May 2005, President Bush chose former Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman as executive director. While there is no reason to believe that Veneman shares Bellamy’s extreme Left agenda, it would be fair to say that she has a long way to go to fix UNICEF. The organization today stills promotes the Brazilian gun prohibition lobby Viva Rio, and funds the pro-terrorist Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation as one of its “partners” in what it calls “occupied Palestinian territory.” UNICEF also “partners” with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which uses ambulances to transport terrorists and their weapons, and whose personnel have participated in suicide bombings. UNICEF’s executive board includes China (whose forced abortion policy is neither pro-life, nor pro-choice, nor pro-child) and Bhutan (where children are among the many victims of the regime’s human rights abuses). UNICEF has doled out unaccountable money to the North Korean regime. Under Veneman, UNICEF is not as bad as it was under Bellamy, and even under Bellamy, the organization performed some good works. However, most people who give money to groups which help children would prefer that none of their donations be used to finance terrorism, the destruction of civil liberties, or tyranny. The good-hearted children who “trick or treat for UNICEF” don’t know about UNICEF’s sordid allies, of course. So instead of simply rejecting the requests of the children, gently explain that you don’t want to give money to UNICEF because dictatorships like China help run the organization, and some of UNICEF’s money helps pro-terrorism groups. Then, put a dollar (or five, or ten) in a bag of your own, and tell the children that because of their trick-or-treating, you will be giving more money to a different charity (which you can name for them) which uses all of it money to help children. And if your child’s school is contemplating a UNICEF fundraiser, politely encourage the administration to pick a better charity. — Dave Kopel is research director of the Independence Institute, in Golden, Colorado.
By Dave Kopel

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