Taking Action

School Councils go to the United Nations

Have you got something to say about important global issues such as poverty, civil conflict and human rights?

Students from Mulberry School for Girls did have and in 1996 got together to form a student delegation to take part in the International Women's Conference in Beijing, the capital city of China.

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Since then the Mulberry Delegation have attended a conference on, Technology and Communication in the 21st Century and the U.N International School Conferenceon Civil Conflict and it's Global Effects, in New York, contributing written comments to the International World Food Summit in Rome!

Back at school a U.N support group has been formed to organise activities across all year groups, discuss and debate issues, and share information throughout the school.

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"We have learnt so much by participating in the U.N conference. We have made new friends and seen so many different things. We hope we will be able to put into practice what we have learnt by sharing the need to resolve conflicts and prevent conflicts with our school friends, with other schools and with the wider community."
Mulberry Student Delegation

ACTION

• Join your School Council and debate global issues that effect you and your local community. Take a look at our Citizenship Quiz and ideas to get your School Council moving!
• Find out about getting your school involved in a Mock United Nations General Assembly where you can learn about the process of democracy at an international level without leaving the country
  
• Take a look at The School Council - A Children's Guide, published by Save the Children, packed with information on all you need to know about starting and running a School Council.