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UNA-USA Global Leadership Summit
Take a look at photos of our UNA-MN delegation at the Global Leadership Summit this past June!
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UNA-MN Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 11, 2020 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. “Climate Change: Science / Impacts / SDGs at Risk / Solutions” program presentation by Alan Anderson In October of 2012, Alan and his wife Deb attended the Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College concerning on the health of our oceans. Top Read more…
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Three Times Too Many
For the third year in a row, President Trump has proposed dramatically slashing funding for the United Nations and its agencies – this time by more than 30 percent. Despite saying the UN has “unlimited potential,” if enacted, the President’s budget would leave the UN without proper funding to help people Read more…
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On Human Rights’ Day, Your Voice Is Critical
There is no is denying that human rights around the world are under threat everywhere we look, both at home and abroad. Human rights are relevant for all of us, every day, such as freedom from fear, freedom to speak up, rights to health and education, and access to economic and Read more…
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UNA MN Model UN at Macalester College Becomes A Smashing Success!
Our Special Thanks Go to the staff of Macalester College & Participating High Schools! More than 400 high school students from Twin Cities area packed Kagin Commons of Macalester College to participate in a model UN conference on 11-19-18 organized by United Nations Association (UNA) in Minnesota. James Farnsworth, UN Read more…
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Perspectives on Refugee Crisis and Stateless People
A public symposium organized by the UN Association in Minnesota and sponsored by Hamline University Global Engagement department was held on the evening of October 24, on UN Day. Between 50 to 60 people attended most of the two hour event. Attorney Jim Nelson (first on the right in front) Read more…
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Celebrating the International Day of Older Persons
Eleanor Roosevelt was 64 years old when she guided the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to passage, but she was just getting started. She may have had a life of service behind her, but there was a new challenge right before her eyes. She saw the John Birch Society undermining Read more…
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International Day of Peace Rocked in Albuquerque
The United Nations Association Albuquerque Chapter was one of the key sponsors of a community celebration of the International Day of Peace this past Friday, September 21. Nearly 300 people gathered together on Johnson Field at the University of New Mexico to form Albuquerque’s first Human Peace Sign. After the Read more…