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Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements and Permissions

Teacher’s Notes

Backgrounders
  1. The United Nations and its Charter
  2. Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  3. Human Rights
  4. Sustainable Development
  5. The United Nations and NGOs
Subject
 Title
 UN Context
History
 1.
 “Mankind is once more on the move”
 The League of Nations
2.
 Looking to the future
 Reform of the United Nations
3.

 “Wind of change”

 UN Trusteeship Council and Decolonization
4.
 A just war?
 United Nations Agenda for Peace
5.
 The Middle East
 UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East
Humanities
 6.
 “Tolerance, the new name of peace”
 UNESCO and 1995—The International Year for Tolerance
7.

 The struggle against apartheid

 The UN Special Committee Against Apartheid
8.
 Child labour
 International Labour Organisation
Language
 9.
 Under the Blue Flag
 UN Peace-keeping Forces
10.
 Through women's eyes
 Fourth World Conference on Women
Geography
 11.
 Problems with success
 United Nations Population Fund
12.
 Measuring development
 UN Development Programme
13.

 Human development index

 UN World Summit for Social Development
14.
 Soil erosion: Protect and produce
 Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
15.
 Cleaner oceans
 International Maritime Organization
Science
 16.

 Heartbeat—The rhythm of health

 World Health Organization
Technology
 17.
 World weather watch
 World Meteorological Organization
Mathematics
 18.

 How would you fund the UN?

 United Nations Budget
Art
 19.
 A room of quiet
 United Nations Meditation Room
20.

 Stained Glass Window

 Stained Glass Window by Marc Chagall, 1964
21.

 Humanity's cultural heritage

 UNESCO's World Heritage List
Music
 22.

 United Nations Hymn: Auden/Casals

 W H Auden, Pablo Casals and the United Nations
Physical Education
 23.

 A healthy heart

 World Health Organization


Resource Points
  1. Members of the United Nations
  2. United Nations Days and Years
  3. The UN System/The main organs of the UN
  4. What has the UN done?
  5. The Preamble to the United Nations Charter
  6. World Map
  7. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  8. United Nations Logos
  9. World Federation of UNA's
  10. Working for the United Nations
  11. Getting Information on the UN
  12. Resources for teaching about the UN
  13. The Right to Write—Letter-writing tips



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