UN high-level paper ignores education!

On Friday 8 May, the President of the UN General Assembly released his first draft for the “Outcome Document”, to be adopted by Heads of State and Government at the “UN High-Level Conference of the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development”, New York 1-3 June.

BUT NOT A WORD ABOUT EDUCATION!

At first read the draft is a mixture of UN jargon, liberation theology and proposals for a bunch of new global entities (8 in all!). Many trade unionists and civil society activists will agree with much of the social and economic analysis – the references to values and ethics, and to the need to preserve Mother Earth. But it is hard to see this document as the basis for decisions that will get us out of the crisis!

Source: ITUC New York office. Link: First Draft of the Outcome Document

The current President of the UN General Assembly is Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua