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The United Nations Academic Impact, also known by its acronym UNAI, is a United Nations initiative to align institutions of higher education, scholarship and research with the United Nations and with each other. In the words of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: “The Academic Impact aims to generate a global movement of minds to promote a new culture of intellectual social responsibility. It is animated by a commitment to certain bedrock principles. Among them: freedom of inquiry, opinion and speech; educational opportunity for all; global citizenship; sustainability; and dialogue.”〔http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2010/sgsm13215.doc.htm〕 Furthermore UNAI aims to support the realization of the Millennium Development Goals focusing on the reciprocal relationship between education and sustainable development. ==History== The initiative was formally launched on November 18, 2010 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at UN Headquarters in New York. On this occasion, he outlined the purpose of UNAI: “By sharing ideas, across borders and disciplines, we can find solutions to the interconnected problems that cause so much suffering. Climate change is not just an environmental threat; it is closely tied to poverty. Poverty is not just about jobs, it is directly related to food security. Food security has an impact on health. Health affects generations of children. Children hold the key to our future. And education can lead to progress on all these fronts.”〔http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/sgspeeches/statments_full.asp?statID=1015〕 Now more than 900 institutions in over 100 countries and some 40 academic networks joined the initiative. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Nations Academic Impact」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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