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The United Nations Matters: Teacher’s Handbook Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) | United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO This resource pack has been created to support Key Stage 3 and 4 Citizenship (England) and Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (Wales). It is also relevant to Learning for Life and Work (Northern Ireland), One Planet and Sustainable Development (Scotland), as well as Geography; History; Local and Global Citizens; Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education; Politics; and Religious and Moral Education. The pack supports the ‘Global Dimension’ in all parts of the UK.This resource aims to develop students’ awareness and understanding of the United Nations (UN) system and the global issues it tackles. It encompasses five lessons that can either be run as a full scheme of work or used independently. 
Sites for Sustainable Development: Realizing the Potential of UNESCO Designated Sites to Advance Agenda 2030 Year of publication: 2022 Author: Tim Carter | Eleanor R. Haine | Alexander J. Kent | Matthew Rabagliati Corporate author: Canadian Commission for UNESCO | United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO This report outlines the role that UNESCO’s global network of designated sites — World Heritage Sites, global geoparks and biosphere reserves — can play in helping stakeholders (including businesses, communities, government agencies and their local organizations, Indigenous Peoples, traditional authorities, councils of elected representatives, and heritage and nature groups) carry out sustainable development approaches to tackle, mitigate and adapt to challenges like these.The ideas contained in this report emerge from a study designed to explore the merits of UNESCO’s increasing tendency to refer to biosphere reserves, global geoparks and World Heritage Sites as “sites for sustainable development.”