Dehil Public

School, Mihan
General Studies
Project
Session 2023-24

INTERNAT
IONAL
UNDERST
ANDING
Name: PEARL TIRSUDE
Class: 11th B
Roll No: 15

Certificate
This is to classify that Ms
Pearl Tirsude has satisfactory
completed the project in
general studies of class XI in
this school in session 2023-24

Date:

General Studies Teacher:

Principal
Mrs Nidhi Yadav
Declaration
The undersigned hereby
declare that the record file of
General Studies by me is
based on actual work carried
out by me under the guidance
of Mrs Shweta Mudliar

Any reference to the

work done by any other person
or institute or any material
obtained from other sources
have been duly signed and
reference.
Place:
Date:
 Objectives
Acquaint the students with the need, scope and
importance of international understanding.

Elaborate the structure, types and functions of

different international organizations
Working for international harmony.

Outline the importance of human rights with special

reference to women and children.

Create awareness about the importance of their rights

and duties towards clean environment, peace and
mutual cooperation.

Throw light upon how interdependence among

countries has assumed added significance for the
survival of humanity.

Outline the importance of peace and economic

cooperation.
Table of Contents
 Meaning of internationalism and
international understanding.
Perspective on global
citizenship………………………….
.1
 Need, scope, dimensions and basic
principles of international
understanding………………………
…………2
 International organizations and
forums working for mutual
cooperation and international
understanding…………….3
 IV. Place and role of human rights in
international
understanding………………………
……………4
 V. Peace conventions, international
cooperation on environment and
climate
change………………………………
.5

Introduction
The world today has undergone radical changes.
Globalization, the advent of technology in
communication network, transport system and life
styles, have erased the margin of distance and time.
There is a greater awareness for the necessity of
establishing lasting peace among
the nations of the world after the
impact of international wars. In
recent years, the concept of one
World of one Community has
assumed greater significance.
After the World War II, the
concepts of unity in diversity and the interdependence
of nations for the sustained economic growth and
political safety have assumed greater significance.
As pointed out by Dr.S.Radhakrishnan, the former
President of India and the great philosopher, "The
World once divided by oceans and continents today is
united physically, but there are still suspicions and
misunderstandings. It is essential for us not to live apart
but to live together, understanding each other, knowing
one another's fears and anxieties, aspirations and
thought. That is what we are expected to do".
Concept and Meaning of
International Understanding
International understanding or internationalism or inter-
cultural understanding refers to the development of that
insight and attitude in the individuals who, rising above
their own selfish and narrow interests, find out the
really valuable items in all other cultures, besides their
own. Acquisition of knowledge, understanding and
feeling about world nations, world cultures, world
societies, world arts, world poems, and world's natural
resources is said to be world mindedness or
international understanding. In short, international
understanding means, a sense of world citizenship.
Such a sense emphasizes that all human beings are
members of the world family. Thus, internationalism is
the feeling that the individual is not only a member of
his country, but also a citizen of the world.
Internationalism indicates love, sympathy and
cooperation among all the people of the world. Dr. S.
Radhakrishnan says, Internationalism is essential for us
not to live apart but to live together, understanding one
another's fears and anxieties, aspirations and thoughts.
We must work for the racial harmony. According to
Atmananda Mishra "international understanding refers
to friendship and harmony amongst different nations of
the world and also includes cooperation amongst them-
each on maintaining its identity and sovereignty as
usual. Internationalism inspires the people of the world
to live together in peace with one another as good
neighbours, to take effective measures for bridging the
gaps created by issues and to develop friendly relations
among nations, international understanding is the ability
to critically and objectively observe and appraise the
conduct the people everywhere and thus make valid
judgments leading to healthy interaction. To do this,
one must be able to detach oneself from one's own
particular cultural and national prejudices and to view
people of all nationalities, culture and races as equally
important.
Moreover, international cooperation is needed for
aiding the developing countries for their economic
programs. The economy of affluences in a country is
untenable when you find another country struggling had
at the subsistence level.
Need of International
Understanding
WE NEED INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE
MODERN SCIENTIFIC MEANS OF
RAPID
COMMUNICATION
HAVE REMOVED THE
BARRIERS OF TIME
AND SPACE. SO, THE
ENTIRE WORLD HAS
BECOME ONE INDIVISIBLE UNIT AND
THERE IS INTERDEPENDENCE
AMONG VARIOUS NATIONS FOR
SOCIO-ECONOMIC REASONS. AS A
RESULT, A FAMINE IS NOW A WORLD
FAMINE, A WAR IS A WORLD WAR,
AN EARTHQUAKE IS A WORLD
EARTHQUAKE AND A TSUNAMI IS A
WORLD TSUNAMI.
NEEDS FOR INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING IN THE MODERN
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL
WORLD:
 1. TO ENSURE WORLD PEACE.
2. TO PREVENT WORLD WARS.
3. TO PROMOTE HUMAN WELFARE.
4. TO PROMOTE MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND
INTERDEPENDENCE.
5. TO STRENGTHEN FAITH IN
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
6. TO MAINTAIN ONE'S
SOVEREIGNTY.
7. TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Principles of international
understanding
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF
UNESCO HELD IN 1974
RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF
INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING:
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION: AN
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION AND A
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE IN EDUCATION
AT ALL LEVELS AND IN ALL ITS
FORMS.
RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE:
UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT FOR
ALL PEOPLE, THEIR CULTURES,
CIVILIZATIONS, VALUES AND WAYS
OF LIFE INCLUDING DOMESTIC
ETHNIC CULTURES AND CULTURES
OF OTHER NATIONS.
AWARENESS OF INTERDEPENDENCE:
AWARENESS OF THE INCREASING
GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND NATIONS.
COMMUNICATION: ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS.
RIGHTS AND DUTIES: AWARENESS
NOT ONLY OF THE RIGHTS, BUT ALSO
OF THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON
INDIVIDUALS, SOCIAL GROUPS
AND NATIONS TOWARDS EACH
OTHER.
NECESSITY: UNDERSTANDING THE
NECESSITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING, SOLIDARITY
AND COOPERATION.
ALL-ROUND PARTICIPATION:
READINESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
TO PARTICIPATE IN SOLVING THE
PROBLEMS OF HIS COMMUNITY,
HIS COUNTRY AND THE WORLD
AT LARGE
 BARRIERS IN
DEVELOPING
INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING
There are many problems, which retard
the progress of a country towards
international understanding such as the
following:
1. Secrecy about the nuclear strength of
nations.
2. Inequality of countries in size,
resources, income, scientific and
technological progress.
3. Racial prejudice is one of the strongest
barriers in developing inter-nationalism.
4. Lack of national solidarity due to the
existence of regionalism, communalism,
casteism, politicalism and lingualism.
5. Narrowness owing to illiteracy,
ignorance, poverty and internal problems.

ROLES OF EDUCATION IN
PROMOTING EDUCATION
Education the necessary knowledge, understanding, attitude
and critical thinking should be developed so that each
individual will grow with better understanding and
appreciation about the cultures and nations alien to him.
Education is a term which is used in a wide sense here to
include formal and non-formal agencies. The seeds of world
citizenship can be sown in classrooms through mass-media,
audio visual aids and cultural programs. Educational factors
promoting world peace and international understanding:
1. Adequate knowledge and understanding of the cultures of
other countries will contributes to better, understanding and
appreciation of the social, political and cultural aspects of
other nation.
2. Application of knowledge of other countries and culture in
the social life of one's own country will help to develop
internationalism.
3. Critical thinking can guard against rumours, superstitions,
fears, prejudices etc. Students may be trained to them about
the pros and cons of every questions and arrive decisions
objectively.
GOALS OF
EDUCATION FOR
INTERNATIONAL

UNDERSTANDING
1. To enable the students to feel that the
world functions for the merits of humanity
and other living and non-living organisms.

2. To enable them to understand how

people live in other countries and their
cultures, natural resources, scientific and
technological development.

3. To enable students to feel that they are

responsible for world peace.

4. To inculcate the sense of 'oneness' and

"one land" in the students.
5. To realize the fact that every country is to
be dependent on other nations for trade
and commerce, and economic prosperity.

6. To develop the helping tendency among

the students at the time of natural
calamities like drought, tsunami, flood or
fire.

7. To shut narrowism in the students and

teach them to discharge their duties and
responsibilities as world citizens.

8. To make them to realize the necessity of

internationalism as a powerful way to
protect the nations from wars and foreign
aggression.

9. To enable students to discern that no

scientific and technological development
will take place in the absence of
internationalism.

10. To enable students to understand that

internationalism uplifts the economically
and socially backward countries
 ROLE OF UNESCO IN
INTERNATIONAL
UNDERTAKING
The role of UNESCO is spreading
Internationalism is notable. UNESCO is one of the
specialized agencies of the United Nations. It is an
outcome of the enlightened leadership and efforts
of a group of scientists, artists, thinkers,
educationists and men of culture belonging to
more than three dozen nations. To establish peace
in the world, an international organization like the
United Nations Organization was established
AIM OF UNESCO: The purpose of the
organization is to contribute to peace and
security by promoting collaboration among the
nations through education, science and culture
in order to further universal respect for justice,
for the role of law and for human rights and
fundamental freedom which are affirmed for
the people of the world, without distinction of
race, sex, language or religion, by the
character of the United Nations". The main
purpose of this organization is found in its
preamble as 'Since wars begin in the minds of
men, it is in the minds of men that the defence
of peace must be constructed.'
FUNCTIONS OF UNESCO: UNESCO strives
for world peace by doing the following
activities:
1. It tries to remove fear and disbelief in
the nations by promoting fellow-feeling
And goodwill among the various countries
of the world.
2. It tries to get rid of illiteracy and
ignorance from the backward nations of
the world and promote internationalism
3. It brings culture, art, science and literature
of one country within reach of other countries.
4. It gives financial aid to research scholars to
promote their work and improve teaching
facilities in backward countries.
5. It undertakes useful project technology in
different countries of the world.
6. It translates classical literature and
organizes art exhibitions.
7. It organizes study circles to know the needs
of other nations and establishes an
international university to discuss their
common problems.
CONCLUSION
 Education is a powerful instrument
which can be used as a peerless device
to make our children internationally
alert. The curriculum should be
reconstructed and it should include
various activities so that education
brings about change in ideas and
feelings of the pupil and they can
inculcate international outlook in them.
In fact, education is the root cause of all
inventions and discoveries which
shrinks the world into one land. It
prepares the people of different
countries to forget all their differences
and live amicably. It also enables
people to accept the same God with
several names. Today, the whole world
has become one land, one family.
Therefore, the study of international
understanding is more important than
any other problem which we face in the
present world.
 Bibliography
For successfully completing my
project file. I have taken help from
the following website links:-
 https://cbseacademic.nic.in
 https://www.slideshare.net
 https://www.skedsoft.com
 https://www.unesco.org
 INDEX
SR.NO CONTENT PAGE

1. Cover Page
2. Certificate
3. Declaration
4. Objectives
5. Table of content
6. Introduction
7. Concept and Meaning
8. Need of International Understanding
9. Principles
10. Barriers in Developing
11. Roles of Education in Promoting Edu
12. Goals of Education
13. Role of UNESCO
14. Conclusion
15. Bibliography