Information whose disclosure is likely to endanger the safety or security of any individual, violate his or her rights, or invade his or her privacy.Information received from or sent to third parties, with an expectation of confidentiality.The Accountability Report (♢), approved by the UNICEF Executive Board, requires the following categories of information to be classified as ‘Confidential Information’: Confidential Information is not subject to disclosure. UNICEF is not in a position to respond to requests that require the selection and/or manipulation of data to produce content.ġ0. The Policy excludes data that exist in raw form, either physically or electronically. A selected list of Information publicly presently available (or being made available on an on-going basis) through various means, including through the UNICEF global website and individual UNICEF Country Office websites or UN Country Team websites, is listed in Annex A.ĩ. Information accessible to the public shall be made available, as much as possible, reasonable and practical, on one or more of the UNICEF public-access websites or websites of the United Nations System (such as the public-access websites maintained by a United Nations Country Team for any particular country). Information should be accessible and disclosed, subject to the limitations set forth in this Policy.Ĩ. General principle of access to informationħ.
This Policy applies to all Information in the possession of UNICEF. For purposes of this Policy, ‘Information’ means any produced content, whatever its medium (paper, electronic or sound, visual or audiovisual recording), concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions of UNICEF.Ħ.
As stated in the Report on the Accountability System at UNICEF, UNICEF Executive Board document E/ICEF/2009/15 (the ‘Accountability Report’), ‘UNICEF will make available reliable and timely information about existing conditions, decisions and actions relating to the activities of the organisation, in an accessible, visible and understandable fashion, unless the information is deemed confidential.’ (¶ 14(g)).ĥ. This Information Disclosure Policy (this ‘Policy’) is intended to ensure that information concerning UNICEF programmes and operations is available to the public, subject to the limitations set out in this Policy. UNICEF management considers that public access to UNICEF information further facilitates UNICEF’s transparency and accountability.Ĥ. UNICEF management is accountable to the UNICEF Executive Board, which is comprised of United Nations Member States and is a part of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. UNICEF recognises that there is a positive correlation between transparency, including through information-sharing, and public trust in UNICEF-supported development work and humanitarian response.ģ. UNICEF considers public access to information a key component of effective participation of all stakeholders, including the public, in the achievement of its mandate. UNICEF is committed to making information about its programmes and operations available to the public. This Executive Directive establishes the Information Disclosure Policy of the United Nations Children’s Fund (‘UNICEF’).Ģ. The unauthorized use of the UNICEF name and logo is against international law and is expressly forbidden.ġ. The use of UNICEF Internet material for any purpose, including repackaging in hard copy or compilation for CD-ROM or any other electronic media, is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. In the case of some publications, UNICEF has licensed the rights to third parties. UNICEF reserves all copyrights on material on its Web pages, including photographs and graphic designs. Please email regarding the use of UNICEF publications issued in New York.
If you wish to mirror, reproduce, republish or translate any of the information for wider dissemination, please make use of the copyright permission option on our contact form with details of such proposed use, including the nature and size of the intended audience. UNICEF offers its information on the Internet essentially for the benefit of individuals interested in its efforts to uphold the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to protect and promote the well-being of children and to foster human development.
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