Following the Second World War, acclaimed actor??survived on aid supplies from the United Nations during her own childhood in Europe, and as a Goodwill Ambassador for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Children¡¯s Fund (), she travelled to virtually every region of the world.
Soon after becoming a??Goodwill Ambassador in 1988, she went on a mission to Ethiopia, where years of drought and civil strife had caused terrible famine.
After visiting Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF emergency operations, she talked about the projects to media in the United States, Canada and Europe over several weeks, giving as many as 15 interviews a day.
In 1954, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly??called on the world to institute a?Universal Children¡¯s Day. Twenty-five years later, world leaders adopted the?.
Upon its adoption in 1989, Ms. Hepburn gave a passionate speech, emphasizing that ¡°the child shall, in all circumstances, be among the first to receive protection and relief in times of emergency and disaster.¡±?
Watch the? and find more from the??playlist, cultivated from the?¡¯s?49,400 hours of video and 18,000 hours of audio recordings.?
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