ANNOUNCEMENTS
CTAUN provides educators worldwide with opportunities to learn about the work of the United Nations and to incorporate this global awareness into curricula and school activities at all levels.
- We organize conferences to bring educators together with international experts at the United Nations and around the country.
- We facilitate curriculum development on international issues.
- Through Best Practices Awards, we recognize teachers’ hard work, dedication, creativity and resourcefulness.
- We believe with Nelson Mandela that “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
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ANNUAL CTAUN CONFERENCE at the United Nations
Education IS a Human Right
Friday, 3rd February 2012
registration is now closed
Opening speaker: ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO, UN DEPUTY-SECRETARY GENERAL
The United Nations first articulated the right to education in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 28 stipulates that everyone has the right to a free and compulsory elementary education.Over the last 63 years, many international agreements have built upon this base to assure that governments commit to and meet their obligations to realizing the human right to education. Yet, worldwide today, it is estimated the 69 million children are not in school and approximately one adult in six is unable to read or write.
Our Conference this year will investigate the many causes of this disparity, and we will focus on how access to and quality of education can steadily improve the learning experience for all peoples.