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The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to promoting political and public support for the United Nations among Americans. A program of the United Nations Foundation, its mission includes advocating for greater U.S. leadership at the UN, improving and enhancing the UN system, and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Charter in both the U.S. and globally.

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  • The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to promoting political and public support for the United Nations among Americans. A program of the United Nations Foundation, its mission includes advocating for greater U.S. leadership at the UN, improving and enhancing the UN system, and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Charter in both the U.S. and globally. UNA-USA's activities include public outreach, political lobbying, and community organizing. It hosts youth programs, fellowships, and networking events both locally and nationally. Its flagship events include the Global Engagement Summit at the UN Headquarters in New York City and the Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. UNA-USA is led by an executive director and governed by a thirty-member national council that meets semi-annually. Along with its sister organization, the Better World Campaign, UNA-USA is the world's largest UN advocacy network. As of 2020, it has over 20,000 members across more than 200 chapters in cities and universities nationwide; the majority of members are under age of twenty-six. It is a member of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, which comprises other national UN advocacy organizations. (en)
  • A United Nations Association of the United States of America ou UNA-USA foi fundada em 1943 por Eleanor Roosevelt como American Association for the United Nations (AAUN), a qual fundiu-se ao U.S. Committee for the United Nations em 1964. A UNA-USA é uma organização sem fins lucrativos cujo objetivo é instruir aos estadunidenses sobre a Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) e sobre as questões que ela levanta. A UNA-USA também trabalha com o objetivo de apoiar os programas Model United Nations (MUN), a maioria dos quais são organizados localmente por professores e estudantes interessados no assunto. Capítulos comunitários da UNA-USA convidam expertos para apresentar seminários públicos sobre questões de política internacional relacionados à ONU e encorajam membros da MUN a apoiar financeiramente programas MUN em universidades e colégios locais, para que estudantes possam viajar para conferências MUN fora de seus estados A cada ano, a UNA-USA publica A Global Agenda, um guia para o trabalho da Assembleia Geral da ONU. (pt)
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  • UNA-USA (en)
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  • Washington, D.C., United States (en)
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  • Farah Eck (en)
  • Rachel Bowen Pittman (en)
  • Troy G. Wolfe (en)
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  • Executive Director (en)
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  • Senior Director Partnerships & Special Initiatives (en)
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  • The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a nonprofit grassroots organization dedicated to promoting political and public support for the United Nations among Americans. A program of the United Nations Foundation, its mission includes advocating for greater U.S. leadership at the UN, improving and enhancing the UN system, and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Charter in both the U.S. and globally. (en)
  • A United Nations Association of the United States of America ou UNA-USA foi fundada em 1943 por Eleanor Roosevelt como American Association for the United Nations (AAUN), a qual fundiu-se ao U.S. Committee for the United Nations em 1964. (pt)
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