October 2011

The Red Cross Positive Images Toolkit

08 / 10 / 2011

The Positive Images toolkit is an educational resource for teachers, youth workers and other educators to teach young people about migration and development.

The toolkit includes ten innovative educational activities for young people aged 12 and over. It also includes a wealth of activities and case studies of actions, enabling young people through their community to make a difference to global issues.

The toolkit incorporates four short films based on the stories of contemporary migrants and supporting powerpoint presentations.

The European Union at the United Nations

02 / 10 / 2011

Did you know that the EU is the single largest financial contributor to the UN system? The 27 EU Member States fund 38% of the UN's regular budget, more than two-fifths of UN peacekeeping operations, and about one-half of all UN Member States' contributions to UN funds and programmes. The European Commission alone contributes more than $1.35 billion in support of UN external assistance programmes and projects.