Description
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), in collaboration with ELS Educational Services, Inc., (ELS) invites students, 18 years of age or older, who are enrolled in a full-time course of study at a college or university, to participate in an essay contest on the theme “Many Languages, One World”.
The essay should relate to ideas of global citizenship and understanding and to the role that multilingual ability can play in fostering these. Entries of up to 2000 words in length must be in an official language of the United Nations that is not the entrant’s first language or language of instruction in his or her primary or secondary education. The official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Eligibility
- Full-time college or university students, 18 years of age or older, can participate in the contest;
- An authorized faculty member or university administrator must sponsor your participation in the contest by completing the Reference
Form. The university representative must attest that you are a full time student and that you are going to submit an essay in an official
language of the United Nations that is not your first language or language of instruction in your primary or secondary education;
- Once the reference has been received and confirmed, you will be sent an email with further instructions about how to enter the contest
and upload your essay.
Award
A panel of judges will decide upon a total of sixty student winners of the competition – 10 in each of the six languages. The winners will be invited to New York in 2014 to participate in a series of events between June 25 and June 29, 2014. These events will include a Global Youth Forum on the 10 principles of the United Nations Academic Impact, multilingualism and global citizenship at the United Nations Headquarters, preceded by a preparatory students’ conference. Sightseeing and recreation will also be arranged by ELS.
Deadline: 21 February 2014
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