Promoting Global Awareness in our schools
"As educators…you can help students grow into…a global civic identity and understand how their decisions have an impact ranging well beyond their immediate vicinity. The United Nations is uniquely placed to work with you in instilling a sense of global citizenship in today’s youth."

~Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 30 January 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

3 February 2012 Annual CTAUN Conference at the UN in New York

"Education IS a Human Right"
Click here to see the Conference Statement and schedule

17 March 2012 CTAUN Atlanta Conference WATER: GLOBAL AND LOCAL CHALLENGES

held at the College of Education, Georgia State University
Click here for Atlanta Conference information and registration

Millennium Development Goals TEACHER RESOURCES

Click here for a list of materials for different grade levels

NEW:

The Global Challenge of Water TEACHER RESOURCES

Click here for a list of materials for different grade levels

Reports on past conferences can be found on the CONFERENCE page

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.



Education is a human right with immense power to transform.  On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.   –  Kofi Annan