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I would highly recommend this comprehensive program for any teacher looking to enhance a study of the United Nations. Mark and his remarkable team offered a fun-filled, kid-centered, and relevant experience in a truly authentic environment. This activity could have easily been used as a culminating activity for our unit on children's rights but instead we returned to school and continued to build upon the foundation it provided. In our own Model UN simulation, we researched individual countries of choice, presented position papers focusing on children's rights, and debated in a smaller committee format. My sincere thanks to Captain Supremo and his team of heroes for a most memorable day of meaningful learning at the State Department.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/model_un_childrens_rights/ Wed Jul 15, 2009
I think this is amazing, and I am so glad to see that children are learning about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is one of the most important UN Conventions ever, and I hope that the United States will accept responsibility and ratify it soon. I went to law school specifically to help children obtain more rights in the legal processes that affect them, and I wrote my Student Note on the Convention. Thank you for sharing how children are also learning about it.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/model_un_childrens_rights/ Sat Jun 20, 2009
Thanks! I was in Austria, and I just wanted to say, I had a great time.]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/model_un_childrens_rights/ Sun Jun 14, 2009
@ Mark, What I'd like to know is have these kids found the solutions to the world's problems yet?]]> http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/entires/model_un_childrens_rights/ Sat Jun 06, 2009