UNICEF is dedicated to improving its humanitarian action, in accordance with its Strategic Plan, to meet the challenges described above and strengthen its ability to deliver results for crisis-affected children.
A key milestone in 2020 was the release of the revised Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, the organization’s core policy for humanitarian action and a vital framework that guides and shapes its humanitarian response in complex and life-threatening environments. In 2021, UNICEF will continue rolling out the CCCs globally.
In 2020, UNICEF also completed a humanitarian review that examined the organization’s humanitarian operations in the context of the global challenges of the 21st century. The recommendations of this humanitarian review will strengthen the organization’s capacity to deliver principled, timely, quality and child-centred humanitarian response and advocacy.
While the organization’s COVID-19 strategy is anchored in humanitarian action and guided by the CCCs, it goes well beyond addressing immediate humanitarian needs. UNICEF will continue to prioritize interventions that strengthen systems and build technical capacities at the national and subnational levels, in partnership with governments, civil society partners and other United Nations agencies.
In all its programmes, UNICEF will continue to promote a model for recovery that is resilient and climate-sensitive; that reduces vulnerability and does not exacerbate inequality; and that prioritizes platforms that promote engagement opportunities and agency for children and adolescents.
