Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, was ___(1)___ _____ by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency Food and ___(2)___ _____ to children in 'countries that had been devastated by World War II. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations System and its name was shortened from the original United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund but it has continued to be known by the popular acronym based on this old name. ___(3)___ _____ in New York City, UNICEF provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to' children and mother in developing countries. UNICEF is currently focused ___(4)___ _____ five primary priorities: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, including girl's education, Child protection from ___(5)___ _____, exploitation, and abuse, HIV/AIDS and children, and Policy advocacy and partnerships for children's rights. Related areas of UNICEF action include early childhood development, adolescence development and participation; life skills based education and child rights all over the world.