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United Nations International School

About UNIS
About UNIS
A Pre-K-to-12th grade, coeducational, college-preparatory day school, the United Nations International School (UNIS) was established in 1947 by a group of United Nations parents to provide an international education for their children, while preserving their diverse cultural heritages.
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Admissions
Admissions
The Admissions section has information about the application process, including deadlines, application requirements, and answers to frequently asked questions. The Admissions Department is happy to answer any questions a family has about UNIS and our application process.
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Academics
Academics

The United Nations International School offers a rigorous, age-appropriate, and culturally broad program for all students. We build curriculum that is clearly articulated against the standards, research-based, and infused with opportunities for student choice.
Academics
Arts
Arts
UNIS arts programs offer opportunities for studio practice, problem solving, and cultural investigation through classical and contemporary music, acting, directing, and playwriting, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, computer graphics, and digital photography.
Arts
Athletics
Athletics
UNIS has an extensive Athletics program, running across three distinct seasons (Fall, Winter and Spring for students in 7th-12th grades, M3-Tut 4), and consists of 38 school teams.
Athletics
School Life
School Life
The UNIS experience goes beyond the classroom. UNIS offers a wide range of activities and experiences that can take our students around the corner or around the globe.At UNIS, our focus is on the whole child and thus students are encouraged to participate in a variety of travel programs, clubs, committees, publications, and community-service opportunities.
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Alumni
Alumni
Welcome UNIS Alumni! This page is designed for alumni, parents of alumni and former faculty and staff.
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Giving to UNIS
Giving to UNIS
Gifts to UNIS make a tangible difference in the teachers we hire; the international curriculum, language courses, and enrichment programs we provide; the arts and athletics programs we offer; and our infrastructure.

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Lisa M. Buttenheim

Lisa M. Buttenheim, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNIS

Lisa M. Buttenheim

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNIS

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Lisa M. Buttenheim of the United States as Assistant Secretary-General for Field Support, Department of Field Support in 2016.

Since joining the United Nations in 1983, Ms. Buttenheim has held numerous senior-level positions both at Headquarters and in field operations, including Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Deputy Special Adviser of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, and Director of the Middle East and West Asia Division and Director of the Asia and Pacific Division in the Department of Political Affairs, among others.

Ms. Buttenheim holds a master’s degree in international economics and Middle East studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree in political science and English, from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

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