Education Committee

The Education Committee is responsible for coordinating UNA-NY's educational outreach to its members and to the general public. At the present time this includes the Worldview Institute, the Ambassador Series, school trips to the UN and any events or collaboration with local educational institutions.

Student Art Exhibit

Each year the committee organizes a student art exhibit featuring work from students attending the High School of Art and Design. The exhibit takes place at the United Nations. Past exhibit themes were "Water," "Natural Disasters," and "Global Awareness Focusing on Diseases."

School trips to the UN

The committee also arranges school field trips and tours of the United Nations. In February 2008 we hosted a visit by students from Kent Place School, Summit, New Jersey. After the tour the students were greeted by the wives of several ambassadors to the UN introducing their respective countries to the students.

The Worldview Institute

The Education Committee is also responsible for running the Worldview Institute, a program consisting of a ten seminar sequence for young executives at U.S. based multi-national corporations and young professionals with the NGO, UN, diplomatic and academic communities. The program addresses globalization issues and provides a framework for the understanding and analysis of many current geopolitical issues. Our aim is to provide a forum for understanding political, economic and social trends in today's political and business environment throughout the world. The program also addresses the role of the United Nations within these contexts and is offered in conjunction with the Department of Public Information (DPI) of the UN. The Worldview program had its inaugural class in Fall 2007.

UNA Ambassador Series

The Ambassador Series is a program in partnership with the Columbia Club of New York. The Education Committee hosts between three and four ambassadors per year at the Columbia Club who discuss current events in their respective regions. US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad opened the series on April 9, 2008.

Program Committee

The mission of the Program Committee is to organize and host monthly programs for our members that engage them in current global issues. In the recent past, our programs have covered topics ranging from Pakistan after Benazir Bhutto to human rights in Venezuela and cyber warfare.

Government Relations Committee

UNA-NY's Government Relations Committee (GRC) works to help the NYC community learn about and support the United Nations and its vital work, and communicates directly with UN, Federal, and State representatives on important issues. Go to the Advocacy Center to learn more about our work.