On December 11, 1986, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) completed 40 years work on behalf of children. During those four decades, UNICEF has worked steadily with national governments to protect the lives of children and to promote their development. UNICEF was created at the first session of the United Nations General Assembly. For its first several years- when it was the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund- UNICEF's resources were largely devoted to meeting the urgent needs of children in post-war Europe and China for food, drugs and clothing. But it became increasingly evident that the needs of children in many other countries constituted another, more 'silent', emergency. In December 1950, the General Assembly redirected the Fund's mandate to programmes of long-range benefit to children in developing countries.
In October 1953, the General Assembly decided that UNICEF should continue this work indefinitely and changed its name to United Nations Children's Fund, although the well-known acronym "UNICEF" was retained. In 1965, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to UNICEF, recognizing that the well-being of today's children is inseparable from the peace of tomorrow's world.
The stamp of 50 p depicts "growth monitoring", and the Rs5 stamp depicts "immunization of the Child"
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