05-04-2005, 03:02 PM
Fellow members of the International Democratic Union,
In an official statement to the United Nations Forum, the Yuunli government has already stated their arguments against this proposal.
Religious groups have no influence whatsoever on politics in the Republic of Yuunli. Our citizens are free to believe in deities, but the curricula of our schools do not encourage children to have such faith.
Basic knowledge about evolution theory is a part of the "education standards" in the field of biology. The provinces of Yuunli are required to teach at least what is written in those standards; everything else is up to them. This is to assure the comparability of school degrees across the country, and to give children some basic knowledge they need in life.
We do not, however, consider learning about evolutionary theory a human right. It is simply knowledge we consider worth knowing, in the same way as we consider basic geometry worth knowing.
In our opinion, teachers should always be free from imprisonment and persecution, no matter what they teach.
Kizzy Renito (Free Citizens Party)
Councilor for Education
The Republic of Yuunli
PS @Groot Gouda:
Why did you, as the UN delegate of the IDU, vote against the resolution if this has not yet been discussed by the IDU members?
In an official statement to the United Nations Forum, the Yuunli government has already stated their arguments against this proposal.
Religious groups have no influence whatsoever on politics in the Republic of Yuunli. Our citizens are free to believe in deities, but the curricula of our schools do not encourage children to have such faith.
Basic knowledge about evolution theory is a part of the "education standards" in the field of biology. The provinces of Yuunli are required to teach at least what is written in those standards; everything else is up to them. This is to assure the comparability of school degrees across the country, and to give children some basic knowledge they need in life.
We do not, however, consider learning about evolutionary theory a human right. It is simply knowledge we consider worth knowing, in the same way as we consider basic geometry worth knowing.
In our opinion, teachers should always be free from imprisonment and persecution, no matter what they teach.
Kizzy Renito (Free Citizens Party)
Councilor for Education
The Republic of Yuunli
PS @Groot Gouda:
Why did you, as the UN delegate of the IDU, vote against the resolution if this has not yet been discussed by the IDU members?