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The institute was established in 1919 at the cessation of World War I. Nobel Peace Prize winners Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, Elihu Root, former secretary of state, and Stephen Duggan, Sr., professor of political science at the College of the City of New York (and IIE's first president) formed the Institute of International Education with the idea that educational ...
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
In 1952, Educational Review, the journal of the Birmingham University Institute of Education, ran a summer school at Malvern. Speaking in the era of a post-war world, and the formation of the United Nations, the Institute's director, Professor M.V.C. Jeffreys, observed, "The fate of our civilisation hangs in the balance. It is an age of ...
During 1987–1989, United Nations University conducted two studies regarding the need for a research and training centre for computing in the developing nations. The studies led to the decision of the Council of the UNU to establish in Macau the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST), which was founded on 12 March 1991 and opened its door in July ...
He was a professor of diplomatic history and later the history of education at CCNY, and became head of the education department in 1906. Duggan founded The Institute of International Education in 1919, together with Nobel Laureates Elihu Root and Nicholas Murray Butler , and was the first director (until 1946).
Education Commission Chair Gordon Brown presenting 'The Learning Generation' report at the United Nations in New York, September 2016. Photo: Riccardo Savi. The Learning Generation report was presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 18, 2016, coinciding with the 2016 United National General Assembly meeting.
German International School New York, White Plains; The International High School, New York City; Keio Academy of New York, Purchase; Lycée Français de New York, New York City; La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi, New York City; Pine Street School, New York City; United Nations International School, New York City
Map of the global RCE network. The Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development; abbreviated RCE is a global network of 190 institutional networks acknowledged by the United Nations University (UNU) which focus on the development and practices of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in local regions across the world.