ISA – International Schools Association
United Nations International Day
International Schools Association
October, 24th 2024
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY
No other global organization gives hope to so many people for a better world and can deliver the future we want.
UN Day offers the opportunity to reaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charter that have guided us for the past 78 years.
Organiser:
Colegio Internacional Ausiàs March
(Valencia, España)
Stockbridge American International School
(Phillipines)
General goals
United Nations’ role
Raise awareness of the United Nation’s role in the promotion of peace.
Artistic and Linguistic Cultural Heritage
Engage and discover the value of the artistic and linguistic cultural heritage of different countries and their key role in building a peaceful society.
Conflict resolution
Explore how interpersonal relationships among different educational stages. can promote peace and the positive resolution of small everyday conflicts, improving coexistence and being key to a just and peaceful society.
Event Background
The origin of the United Nations sits on the Treaty of Versailles, which was one of the treaties to formally end World War I. The treaty was signed in Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919. It aimed to encourage disarmament, prevent outbreaks of war, encourage negotiations and diplomatic measures to settle international disputes and to improve the quality of life around the world. However, the outbreak of World War II suggested that the League of Nations needed to take on a different form.
The ideas around the United Nations were developed in the last years of World War II. The UN was officially created when a UN charter was ratified on October 24 that year. United Nations Day was first observed on October 24, 1948.
Currently, there are a total of 193 countries in the UN.
It is important to highlight that the UN emblem consists of a projection of the globe centred on the North Pole. The projection is surrounded by images of olive branches, representing peace.
This event is aligned with the key idea of peace the UN represents and fosters as an international institution. It also pivots around the idea that a deep knowledge of our Cultural Heritage and the promotion of positive interpersonal relationships are also crucial for peace to find its way.
Programme
Main Events
- 17th of October:
Infant, Primary and Secondary students will make a mural replicating a work of art from one of their local artists representing peace consisting of 40 A3 size tesserae that will be painted by each of the classes of each stage using different artistic techniques.
This mural will be hung in an act of celebration on the afternoon of the 17th of October, in an event coordinated by the school’s United Nations Model student group, or other student groups/clubs, in which all the tesserae of the mural will be assembled, and messages and drawings also created by the students will be hung from one of the school’s main trees. A video of the hole process and the event will be recorded and edited. Schools are encouraged to share their videos on the ISA Projects page.
- 24th of October
Members from the Host Schools (Ausiàs March and Stockbridge) MUN student group, or other student groups/clubs, and 2 students representing each stage (Infants, Primary and Secondary) will make a live connection to present the video and exchange their vision of Peace and the United Nations, exchange experiences and share the collective murals created by the three schools.
All the classes of each school will also watch the mural video on the 24th
Additional activities to introduce and promote the event:
- 2nd to 6th September: presentation of the Joint Project to school staff.
- Thursday 12th September: 16–17-year-old MUN/School club student members prepare a short presentation on the UN to go show to all school classes (Infants, Primary and Secondary) from 16th to 19th September.
- From the 9th to the 27th of September, the 16–17-year-old students prepare stories in their local languages about Peace and the work of art chosen for the main mural display, and from the 30th of September to the 4th of October, they story-tell them to the Primary and Infant classes.
- From the 9th of September to the 11th of October: A group of pupils selected by the Art teacher or tutor will paint the corresponding tesserae of the chosen work of art while the rest of the class will carry out a parallel activity depending on the year:
1. Infants and Primary, in Art classes, will paint various well-known pictures related to peace or the UN emblem, which will be hung on the panels in the corridors of the school.
2. Secondary will create drawings or write messages of peace, which will be hung from one of the school’s representative trees.
- September-November: possible micro-stories school competition on Peace, conflict resolution, harmony… with winners to be published in the School Magazine and ISA newsletter.
Rules & Recommendations
All participating classes must graphically document the process of making the tesserae and the paintings, drawings and messages through photos (2 per class) and a 10-second video (1 per class) and each participating school should blend them in a video showing the complete process of the mural and add a 1min introductory speech about the idea of peace or the role the UN their school has and one of the stories about Peace.
All videos should be subtitled in English.
The videos should be in the folder provided in ISA’s webpage no later than the 21st of October.
In case of further enquiry please contact Dyan Cortez dylan.cortez@jib.edu.ph and/or María Pérez Galván at mperez@ausiasmarch.com
How to Participate
- Schools should do prior work with a group of students in order to participate effectively.
At least some idea of Human Rights across the world and a little bit of rhetorical/persuasive devices (not essential like the prior research).
- There could be listeners/ inactive guests.
Confirm interest by filling the following form
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY
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