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Nations?
Becoming global citizens
Security Council
Located at Peace Palace in the Netherlands- only one of the 6 organs not in
New York
Settles international disputes and answers legal questions
Secretariat (Secretary-General)
Remember!
Vocabulary:
Diplomacy:
the work of
maintaining
good relations
between the
governments
of different
countries
worldtoday
(795
million)areu
ndernourishe
d
836 million
people still
live in
extreme
poverty
Oceans have
warmed, the
amounts of
snow and ice
have
diminished
and sea level
has risen
103 million
youth
worldwide
lack basic
literacy
skills, and
more than 60
per cent of
them are
women
Global
unemployment
increased from
170 million in
2007 to nearly
202 million in
2012
At least 1.8
billion people
globally use a
source of
drinking water
that is fecally
contaminated
828 million
people live in
slums today
and the
number keeps
rising
1 in 5 people
still lacks
access to
modern
electricity
Source: http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals
Examples of UN Action
Provides food to 90 million people in 80 countries
Vaccinates 58 percent of the worlds children,
saving 3 million lives a year
Reflect
How do our global issues relate to the SDGs?
Resources!
The United Nations Website:
http://www.un.org/en/index.shtml
Global Classrooms official website for
students:
http://www.unausa.org/global-classroomsmodel-un/how-to-participate