Post by Atlantico Norte on Mar 17, 2007 0:09:38 GMT -5
UN Economics Prize
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Leg-ends
Description: The United Nations,
RECOGNISING the importance of understanding and studying economics,
NOTING, in particular, the skills and knowledge acquired from such studies,
CONVINCED that by drawing attention to the field of economics the UN can promote the worldwide study of economics,
SEEKING to accomplish the noble goals of promoting the study of Economics and raising the profile of contributions to the field of Economics,
HEREBY:
1) Establishes the United Nations Economics Prize which will be awarded to the person, or persons, responsible for the greatest contribution to the field of Economics over the past year,
2) Creates the United Nations Awards Committee (UNAC) to determine the annual winner of this Prize,
3) Mandates the UNAC to award the prize based on the following criteria:
i) The work must be international in scope,
ii) It must have effects beyond the contributors' own nation(s),
iii) The work must have the potential to improve the lives of people in all UN Member nations if implemented.
4) Encourages private donors to fund a monetary reward for the prize.
Voting Ends: 00:00 GMT Mon Mar 19 2007
A resolution to promote funding and the development of education and the arts.
Category: Education and Creativity
Area of Effect: Educational
Proposed by: Leg-ends
Description: The United Nations,
RECOGNISING the importance of understanding and studying economics,
NOTING, in particular, the skills and knowledge acquired from such studies,
CONVINCED that by drawing attention to the field of economics the UN can promote the worldwide study of economics,
SEEKING to accomplish the noble goals of promoting the study of Economics and raising the profile of contributions to the field of Economics,
HEREBY:
1) Establishes the United Nations Economics Prize which will be awarded to the person, or persons, responsible for the greatest contribution to the field of Economics over the past year,
2) Creates the United Nations Awards Committee (UNAC) to determine the annual winner of this Prize,
3) Mandates the UNAC to award the prize based on the following criteria:
i) The work must be international in scope,
ii) It must have effects beyond the contributors' own nation(s),
iii) The work must have the potential to improve the lives of people in all UN Member nations if implemented.
4) Encourages private donors to fund a monetary reward for the prize.
Voting Ends: 00:00 GMT Mon Mar 19 2007
