International Union of Students
| Abbreviation | IUS |
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| Motto | "Education is a right, not a privilege!" |
| Successor | International Council of Students |
| Formation | 1946 |
| Purpose | Association of World's Students' Organizations |
| Headquarters | Czech Republic |
| Location | |
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Region served
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All Over The World |
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Membership
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155 Students' Organizations from 112 Countries |
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Official language
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English, French, Spanish |
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Secretary General
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Frage Sherif |
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Treasurer
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Liz Carlyle |
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Advisory Council Chief
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Akhil Ennamsetty |
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Key people
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Ingo Jaeger, Maria Lucia, Syed Mustaffa Ali |
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Main organ
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Executive Secretariat |
| Affiliations | UNESCO, ECOSOC |
| Remarks | Ideologically influenced by Left-Wing, Communist, Socialist and Marxist views. |
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Formerly called
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International Students' Council |
The International Union of Students (IUS) is a worldwide nonpartisan association of university student organizations.
The IUS is the umbrella organization for 155 such students' organizations across 112 countries and territories representing approximately 25 million students. This is recognised by the United Nations Organization granting the IUS a consultative status in UNESCO. The primary aim of the IUS is to defend the rights and interests of students to promote improvement in their welfare and standard of education and to prepare them for their tasks as democratic citizens.
The aims of the IUS are spelled out in the 1946 preamble to the organization's Constitution [2]:
The purpose of the International Union of Students, which is founded upon the representative student organizations of different countries, shall be to defend the rights and interests of students to promote improvement in their welfare and standard of education and to prepare them for their tasks as democratic citizens.
According to the IUS's entry in the UNESCO Non-Governmental Organization list, the priority work areas of the IUS are: "Exchange of information, defence of students' status, peace, environment, development, human rights".
The IUS currently works through:
The logo and flag of the IUS is a burning torch and an open book set against the red and blue outline of a stylized globe. It symbolizes youth's persistent quest for knowledge.
The International Union of Students was founded in Prague on August 27, 1946. Student organizations from 62 countries participated in its founding envisioning a more inclusive successor to the short lived 1941-1944 International Council of Students (also known as the International Students' Council) which was set up on the initiative of the British National Union of Students to maintain open lines of communication with student organizations in allied countries during World War II.
From its earliest inception, the IUS was marked by a fundamental schism:
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