The United Nations

The United Nations

K-12 TLC Guide to World Government

Offices, Agencies & Organizations

Millennium Summit, Peacekeeping Missions, Special Conference on Women
Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Universal Declaration Human Rights

China/Taiwan Membership

United Nations Day

United Nations Plaza

Kofi Annan

The
United Nations

Arms Control: K-12 TLC Guide.
Embargo of Iraq: K-12 TLC Guide.
New York City: K-12 TLC Guide.
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: K-12 TLC Guide.

1944 Bretton Woods Agreements (United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference): K-12 TLC Guide.

01/10/1946: First Meeting of the General Assembly:

History Channel:
New York Times:

10/25/1971: U.N. Expels Taiwan, Seats Communist China: K-12 TLC Guide.

2001 Nobel Prize for Peace, The Nobel Foundation.

09/24/2009: Security Council Unanimously Calls for World Free of Nuclear Weapons:

National Public Radio.
United Nations.

2009 Summit on Global Climate Change: K-12 TLC Guide.

BBC:

09/29/1960: Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschchev's Anger Interrupts UN Session.

Conversations with History, University of California, Berkeley.

History Channel:
- 08/21/1944: Dumbarton Oaks Conference.
- 01/13/1950: Soviets Protest UN Refusal to Recognize Communist China.
- 09/07/1950: Motion Defeated to Condemn U.S. Bombing.
- 02/01/1951: UN Condemns People's Republic of China's Aggression in Korea
- 02/16/1951: Stalin Charges United Nations Has Become a "Weapon of War".
- 10/09/1960: Khrushchev Throws UN Tantrum.
- 10/25/1971: U.N. Expels Taiwan, Seats Communist China.
- 01/14/1980: UN Denounces Soviet Presence in Afghanistan.
- 09/18/1997: Ted Turner Gives UN $1 Billion Gift.
- 09/02/1998: Rwandan Receives UN's First International Genocide Conviction.
National Public Radio:
- Methods for Levying Sanctions: 4/19/00 (4:30).
- The U.S. and the U.N.: 11/19/99 (6:00).
Security Council Resolutions Condemning the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, University of Minnesota.
UN Convention on Contracts for International Goods, Pace University School of Law.
The United Nations: An Introduction for Students, The United Nations CyberSchoolBus.
United Nations Association of the United States of America.
The United Nations Charter:
- The United Nations.
- University of Minnesota.
- October 24, 1945: U.N Charter Goes Into Effect:
  - History Channel.
  - Library of Congress.
  - The New York Times.
  - Writer's Almanac.
United Nations System:
- The ChanRobles Group.
- United Nations Official Web Locator.

The
United Nations

Offices, Agencies
&
Organizations

Official Home Page.
- Main Bodies.
- Economic and Social Affairs.
  - Statistics Division.
- Environment Program.
- Human Rights.
- Humanitarian Affairs.
- International Law.
- Peace and Security.
- Security Council Documents.
International Atomic Energy Agency.

ElBaradei, Mohamed: K-12 TLC Guide.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

News Services:
- Audio Visual Services.
- UN NewsCentre.
- Webcasts.
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund:
- The Progress of Nations 1997.
- The State of the World's Children 1998.
- UNICEF USA.
- K-12 TLC Guide to Child Advocacy.
- Fact Monster.
- History Channel.
- National Public Radio:
  - India Using Iodine-free Salt (audio: 6:10).
  - Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Turns 60.
UNIFEM (The United Nations Development Fund for Women).
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization):
- 02/21: International Mother Language Day:
  - Bangla Language Martyrs' Day: K-12 TLC Guide:
  - World Languages: K-12 TLC Guide:
  - Sustainable Development Networking Programme.
  - UNESCO.
- 04/23: World Book and Copyright Day.
- BBC:
  - Everglades and Madagascar Forests on UNESCO Danger List.
  - Galapagos Islands Taken Off UNESCO Danger List.
- Deutsche Welle:
United Nations Foundation.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
United Nations World Food Programme.

World Health Organization:
- World Cancer Day: K-12 TLC Guide.
- AllAfrica.com:
  - Malaria Drug to Save Children (4/26/2001).
- Tobacco Free Initiative.
  - National Public Radio (audio):
    - 10/12/00: The Two-Day Summit (4:15).
    - 10/18/00: The Initiative (3:27).
World Intellectual Property Organization.

The
United Nations

Millennium Summit

Deutsche Welle:
- Millennium Development Goals.
National Public Radio:
- 09/05/00: Preview (3:30).
- 09/05/00: Clinton and Peace Talks (4:30).
- Clinton Addresses Summit:
  - 09/06/00: Report #1 (5:01).
  - 09/06/00: Report #2 (5:00).
- 09/06/00: North Koreans Return Home (3:30).
- NYC Services Strained:
  - 09/06/00: Traffic & Security (3:12).
  - 09/06/00: Commentary (2:15).
- 09/07/00: Update (4:00).
- 09/07/00: Efforts to Reduce Conflict (4:00).
- 09/07/00: World Leaders Pose for Photo (4:00).
- 09/08/00: Summit Concludes (4:24).
- 09/08/00: Leaders Sign Final Declaration (3:15).
- 09/08/00: Castro in New York City (4:00).
- Protests and Demonstrations:
  - 09/07/00: Report #1 (3:30).
  - 09/09/00: Report #2 (4:30).

The
United Nations

Peacekeeping Missions

Angola: K-12 TLC Guide.
Democratic Republic of Congo: K-12 TLC Guide.
East Timor: K-12 TLC Guide.
Lebanon: K-12 TLC Guide.
Sierra Leone: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Public Radio:

The
United Nations

Special Conference on Women

National Public Radio:
- 06/05/00 (3:36).
- 06/06/00 (5:30).
- 06/09/00 (4:00).
- 06/10/00 (7:00).
- 06/11/00 (7:30).

The
United Nations

Declaration
of the Rights
of the Child

Adopted:
11/20/1959

Child Rights In Action, UNICEF.
United Nations Cyber School Bus.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
University of Minnesota.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (adopted 11/20/1989):

Children's Rights Across the World.
UNICEF.

Universal Children's Day (observed annually on November 20):
- International Committee of the Red Cross.
- United Nations.
- United Nations Information Centre Nairobi.

The
United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

K-12 TLC Guide to Human Rights:

Amnesty International.
The History Place.
New York Times.
Physicians for Human Rights.
The United Nations.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Human Rights Day (Dec 10)/Human Rights Week (Dec 10-16):

Human Rights Education Associates.
U.S. Department of State.
United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights.

UN CyberSchoolBus.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

12/10: International Human Rights Day.

The
United Nations

K-12 TLC Guide to Timelines & Chronologies

1944
Aug 21	U.S., British, Soviets & Chinese Form U.N. Principles
1950
Aug 19	Edith Sampson First African American Representative to the UN
1980
Aug 20	U.N. Condemns Israel for Claiming All of Jerusalem As Its Capital

October 24, 1945: U.N Charter In Effect: K-12 TLC Guide:

The
United Nations

United Nations Day
October 24th

K-12 TLC Guide to Holidays.

K-12 TLC Almanac for October 24th.

Miami Dade County Public Schools.
UNA Canada.
The United Nations.
United Nations Association of the United States of America.

The
United Nations

United Nations Plaza

Bluffton University.
Emporis.
Great Buildings.
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates.
New York Architecture.

The
United Nations

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

03/08: International Women's Day.

04/08/1946: The Final Assembly of the League of Nations Is Convened.

05/03: United Nations' World Press Freedom Day.

09/16/: International Day for Protection of Ozone Layer.


Annan, Kofi Mistral, Gabriela Richardson, Bill Young, Andrew

Grades 4-8:
- Our Class Charter, The United Nations.

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This guide last edited 02/18/2011
This guide last revised 03/17/2009

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