United Nations

The United Nations, with its headquarters in New York City, is the largest international diplomatic organization.

This is learning resouce about United Nations. The main purpose is to support a participatory way of capacity building.

Subtopics

• One United Nations: United Nations is designed to support inter-sectorial and inter-governmental decision-making.
• United Nations Simulation: Students learn about decision making as UN-embassadors or UN-delegates.

Learning Task

• First explore the structure of United Nations, why it was designed the way it is and how UN supports and promotes international co-operation and creates and maintains international order.
• What are the difference and the joint concepts of diplomacy comparing a national perspective of diplomacy with an international perspective from a body, programme or agency in United Nations (e.g. the World Health Organization (WHO) as a specialized agency of the United Nations)?
• Learn about United Nations Simulation, that gives students an opportunity to step into the role of a UN ambassador.
• Explore the Community of Practice in the Expert Focus Group for Space and Global Health. How can Wikiversity be helpful to co-create a Capacity Building material for global challenges.
• Explore the United Nations University and describe the scope and educational/scientific objectives.

See also

• Wikipedia:United Nations
• Wikipedia:United Nations University
• Wikipedia:UNESCO
• Wikipedia:Model United Nations
• Open Universe Initiative