Global Citizenship

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014

On December 4, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented to Member States his “Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Agenda,” the highly anticipated 47-page report detailing the full range of inputs that will contribute to the upcoming year’s intergovernmental negotiations, culminating with the adoption of the agenda in September 2015.

GENEVA – For the sixth time, WFUNA had the pleasure of welcoming remarkable students from China to our Advanced Training at the UN: China program. The sixteen participants have been selected by our University partner, the Research Centre of United Nations and International Organizations (RCUNIO), to spend five days in the UN Offices at Geneva and learn more about the UN's work around the issues of the Environment, Sustainable Development and International Trade.

GENEVA - Once again WFUNA had the pleasure of welcoming 15 remarkable students selected by our university partner, the Research Centre of United Nations and International Organizations (RCUNIO), to attend our Advanced Training at the UN: China Program in Geneva from 30 September to 4 October. The participants engaged in a busy five-day program focusing on the UN at Geneva, Environment, Sustainable Development, International Labor, International Trade, Communication Technology, Humanitarian Aid and Career Development.

KOREA – From 29 July-10 August, WFUNA launched its first youth camp program in partnership with Kyung Hee University of Korea. Youth Camp: Korea was the first international camp program planned and implemented by WFUNA to teach youth about the work of the United Nations using simulative education tools such as debate and Model UN.

NEW YORK AND GENEVA - For the second time, forty students from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, Korea, took part in WFUNA’s Advanced Training Program at the UN: Korea, which was run in parallel in both Geneva and New York from 5-9 August 2013.

NEW YORK AND GENEVA - WFUNA implemented the last of its summer trainings in both New York and Geneva for high school students from its educational partner, the Hope to the Future Association, for the Training at the UN: Korea program on 5-9 August 2013.  

NEW YORK - Following two consecutive weeks working with students selected by the Research Center of United Nations and International Organizations and the Bank of China, WFUNA implemented its third Advanced Training at the UN: China for both high school and university at UN Headquarters in New York, NY, from 8-12 July and 15-19 July. 

GENEVA - WFUNA had the pleasure of welcoming 23 outstanding students selected by our university partner, the Research Centre of United Nations and International Organizations (RCUNIO) in Geneva from the 18 to the 22 February. The participants engaged in a busy five day-program focusing on the UN at Geneva, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Communication Technology, Intellectual Property and Career Development.

WFUNA had the pleasure to train 11 outstanding students selected by our university partner, the Research Centre of United Nations and International Organizations (RCUNIO), from 1 to 5 October 2012.

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-5 October, 2012

WFUNA welcomed forty students from Sookmyung Women’s University to Geneva and New York from 4-13 August 2012 for the Advanced Training Program at the UN: Korea.