Cheryl Papa
NYS International Affairs Director
Carolyn Donovan
AAUW Representative to the UN in New York
Providence, June 2003
To help increase branch members' interest in the United Nations,
start your journey at the International
Corner on the AAUW website and subscribe to the AAUW International
Affairs listserve.
Review the reading material below which require neither the resources
of a large metropolitan area nor a university professor. Two friends
can do the research together for any type of meeting or a series
of 5-minute vignettes over a longer period of time. The United Nations
system is so complex that there is no way to tell more than a fraction
of its story. United Nations activities encompass all aspects of
our lives. You can relate your program or cooperative action to
include all women and girls, education, peace initiatives, archeology,
aging, HIV/AIDS, human rights, anything! Just choose a current U.S.
news topic, show how it is also a global problem through some research
on the UN website, then generate some questions for discussion.
Background Reading:
- Courage in a Dangerous World: The political Writings of Eleanor
Roosevelt, edited by Allida M. Black, Columbia Univ. Press,
1999, ISBN 0-231-11181-9.
- The Conscience of the World: The influence of non-governmental
organizations in the U.N. system, edited by Peter Willetts,
The Brookings Institution, 1996, ISBN 0- 8157-9419-3.
- U.N. Jigsaw, by Wilfred Grey, Vantage Press.2000, ISBN
0-533-13079-4.
- The United Nations: Come along with me!, by Nane Annan.
ISBN 0-944675-65-4. A sweet, illustrated introduction to the U.N.
for children 5 to 9.
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