UNA-NYC News
2022
September 20 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Gadha Raj
September 19 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Khutso Segooa
September 14 | An Exciting New Office: UN Youth
September 5 | A New Tool to Bring the Sustainable Development Goals Closer to Home
August 31 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Sreenidhi Rao
August 17 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Mackenzie Stoeltje
July 23 | Annual Summer Soirée
July 19 | UN Garden Tour
June 24 | UNA-USA’s Statement on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
May 10 | Teach for America Recognizes NYC Junior Ambassadors Program
May 5 | Continuing to Support the UN’s Humanitarian Work in Ukraine
April 20 | Fill Out Our UNA-NYC Members Survey
April 6 | Four UN Agencies You Might Not Know About
April 4 | “Six Triple Eight” Battalion Finally Honored by Congress
February 28 | Support the UN’s Humanitarian Efforts in Ukraine
January 25 | Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2022
January 11 | Six Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Supporters of the UN
2021
December 22 | UNA-NYC 2021 Highlights—A Message from our Executive Director
November 30 | You'll Want to Listen to These Six UN Podcasts
November 24 | UNA-NYC and CWS Offer Volunteer Opportunities to Help Refugees
October 27 | Three Free Virtual COP26 Side Events You Won’t Want to Miss
October 26 | Save the Date: January 19 Book Event with Kati Marton on Angela Merkel
October 25 | UN GA President Joins Runners Around the World for our Virtual UN Day Celebration
October 8 | Maria Ressa Wins 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
September 29 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Eric Gero
September 13 | Three Events Not to Miss During UNGA 76
September 3 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Ghazal Rezvani
August 27 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Fadumo Guhad
August 26 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Nareesa Dhalla
August 23 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Madeleine Dejean
August 16 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Leigh Nusbaum
August 10 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Talisa Anderson
July 26 | SUMMER SCHOLARS BLOG: Oscar Orozco
July 9 | UNA-NYC Summer Series Closes After 4-Part Exploration of Local and Global Food Systems
June 25 | NYC Junior Ambassadors Students Raise Awareness of SDG 5
June 15 | Live from South Sudan, FAO Shares Insights into Work for Zero Hunger
May 20 | UNA-NYC and Freedom United Empower 7th Graders to Engage with SDG 5
March 29 | Bridging the Gap Between CUNY and the United Nations
March 25 | Landmark 50th Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol Brings Us a Step Closer to SDG 8.7
January 28 | Top 10 UNA-NYC Events Not to Miss from 2020
2020
November 27 | UNA-NYC Raises Over $3000 for Local Charity
November 13 | The 75th Anniversary of the United Nations: A Virtual Celebration
November 12 | UNA-NYC on the Election
October 26 | UNA-NYC Announces 2020 Fall Youth Essay Contest Winners
October 16 | Looking Back on a Year of Partnership Against Modern Slavery
September 9 | UN Humanitarians Share Their Stories in Webinar Panel with “Real Life Heroes”
August 1 | UNA-NYC Announces Summer Scholars 2020-21 Winners
June 3 | UNA-NYC on George Floyd
March 4 | The Ambassador Series Celebrates International Women’s Day 2020
2019
November 4 | Greece and the Importance of Multilateralism in Today's Global Challenges
November 12 | UN Launches Biggest-Ever Global Conversation Marking 75th Anniversary in 2020
October 18 | Dawnland Highlights Cultural Survival and Stolen Children
October 8 | The United Nations Association of New York 2019 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
October 1 | The 74th United Nations General Assembly: A Week in Review
September 27 | Dawnland Wins an Emmy® Award
August 19 | UNA-NYC Committed in Fight Against Human Trafficking
August 2 | Summer Soirée Offers More Relaxed After-Hours Terrace Refuge
July 30 | Summer Potpourri of UNA-NYC News Highlights
June 14 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2019 Celebrates Another Successful Year
June 4 | UNA-NYC Summer Scholars 2019 Winners
May 24 | Ambassador Series Focuses on Rwanda Today As Example of Integration and Inclusion
April 26 | Leaders and Changemakers in Action at the Worldview Institute Spring 2019
April 17 | Empowered, Included and Equal: The 8th ECOSOC Youth Forum
April 15 | Full House at Spring 2019 UN Career Fair
March 19 | Powerful Panel of Leading Women at BYkids Film Screening
March 11 | Inspiration a Big Highlight at STEM Education Now Conference
2018
October 8 | The United Nations Association of New York 2018 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
July 30 | 2018 Summer Soirée Breezes Through with Another Hot Time on the Old Town
June 8 | UNA-NYC Summer Scholars 2018 Winners
2017
November 6 | The United Nations Association of New York 2017 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
August 14 | UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2017
2016
October 26 | The United Nations Association of New York 2016 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner Commemorates 71st UN Anniversary
October 1 | In Memoriam: Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed
September 26 | UNA-NYC Special Panel of Extraordinary Women Offer Perspectives on Ending Child Marriage
September 6 | A Day of Art and Joy for Refugee Children in New York
July 29 | UNA-NYC 2016 Summer Soirée
May 20 | UNA-NYC Youth Rep to Attend DPI/NGO Conference in Korea
May 16 | UNA-NYC Summer Scholars 2016 Winners
February 25 | UNA-NYC’s Inaugural Winter Soirée is a Smashing Success
2015
October 23 | The United Nations Association of New York 2015 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner Commemorates 70th UN Anniversary
October 22 | Remarks by the UN Secretary-General at the UNA-NYC Humanitarian Awards Dinner
October 22 | Obama's Presidential Proclamation for UN Day 2015
September 18 | Film Panel on “The Good Lie”
July 27 | UNA-NYC's 2015 Summer Soirée Draws an Ever Bigger Crowd
July 16 | Book Talk with Dr. Alejandro Toledo and The Shared Society
April 11 | UNA-NYC Summer Scholars 2015 Winners
2014
October 29 | The United Nations Association of New York 2014 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
September 4 | UNA-NYC Evening at the Consulate with Ambassador Sun Guoxiang
September 24 | Leveling the Diplomacy Playing Field: Higher Educational Approaches to Enhance the Small State Diplomacy
April 30 | Book Talk with Dr. Marwan Muasher on the Second Arab Awakening
April 30 | Advocacy Chair Joan Levy Awarded Recognition at UNA-NYC Annual Meeting
April 21 | The Ambassador Series with Thomas R. Pickering
February 3 | A People Uncounted The Untold Story of the Roma
2013
November 5 | The United Nations Association of New York 2013 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
August 2 | United Nations Association of New York Members Chill Out at Second Summer Soirée
May 21 | The Light of Commitment:Revealing the Inner Faces of Hammarskjöld
February 27 | UNA-NYC Youth Panel on STEM Education
February 11 | The Importance of Successful Advocacy: 2013 Update
January 13 | UNA-NYC Donates to UN Women for Peace to End Violence Against Women
2012
October 25 | The United Nations Association of New York 2012 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
September 27 | An Eco-Lesson from the Himalayas to the World: Pad Yatra
July 31 | United Nations Association of New York Holds First Summer Soirée for New Members
July 29 | Olympic Dreams Come True, with Thanks to UN Peacekeeping
May 17 | Be Fearless: Kati Marton on Richard Holbrooke
May 8 | Poll: Americans Want Strong U.S. Relationship with the United Nations
March 17 | UNA-NYC Celebrates International Women's Day with The Lady: Aung San Suu Kyi
March 15 | Linking Youth to a Global Future 2012
January 23 | UNA-NYC Congratulates St. John's University as 2012 Student Alliance Winner
2011
December 13 | UNA Advocacy: Attaining Valuable Momentum for 2012
October 13 | Global Maternal Health Efforts Unleash Potentially 'Enormous' Good says Ban in UN Day Gala Address
October 13 | The United Nations Association of New York 2011 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
September 14 | The Lessons of Budrus — Seven Years Later
May 11 | The United Nations Association of New York Honors Women at 2011 Spring Luncheon
May 5 | UNA New York Honors Women Battling Trafficking at 2011 Spring Luncheon
March 15 | WASTE LAND: The Power of Art and the Resilience of the Human Spirit
March 3 | UNA-NYC Co-Sponsors Two Panels on Women and Diversity Partnerships
February 8 | Linking Youth to a Global Future
January 7 | BHUTTO: An Evening of Intense Engagement and Insights with Dr. Mark Siegel
2010
December 4 | Book Talk: Eliza Griswold Discusses The Tenth Parallel
November 22 | Michel Bonnardeaux on UN Peacekeeping
October 25 | The United Nations Association of New York 2010 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
August 3 | Japanese Teens Visit the UN
July 30 | UNA-NYC's Successful Screening of “Sergio” Attracts Special Guests
July 23 | UNA-NYC Joins Committee on Disarmament, Peace & Security
March 8 | UNA-NYC Hosts Panel on Human Trafficking featuring Special Guest Somaly Mam
February 19 | UNA-NYC Donates to UNICEF for Haiti Earthquake Victims
2009
October 22 | The United Nations Association of New York 2009 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
July 24 | TEAK Fellows Visit: A Field Trip to the United Nations
July 6 | DPI/NGO Briefing: The Ozone Layer and Climate Change
March 2 | UNA-NYC Sponsors High School Delegation for Model UN Conference in May
January 10 | UNA-NYC and USA for UNHCR Complete Ten Water Points in Central and Eastern Afghanistan
2008
December 3 | Ambassador Heraldo Munoz of Chile Discusses his Recent Book
October 23 | The United Nations Association of New York 2008 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
June 18 | Worldview Completes 2008 Spring Semester
May 15 | Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed Receives UNA-NYC Distinguished Service Award
April 2 | The Worldview Institute of UNA-NYC kicks off its Spring 2008 Semester
March 21 | UNA-NYC 2007 Gala Sponsors Wells in Afghanistan
February 19 | With Your Help, Our School Visits to the United Nations Continue
2007
December 19 | Worldview Institute Completes First Semester
October 25 | The United Nations Association of New York 2007 UN Day Humanitarian Awards Dinner
September 12 | The United Nations Association of New York Launches the Worldview Institute
August 23 | Third Annual High School Art Exhibition
August 10 | UNA-NYC Opens Registration for Worldview Institute
May 16 | Migiro Addresses UNA-NYC Annual Meeting
2006
December 14 | Ambassador Ellen Løj Speaks on Denmark's Experience on the Security Council
November 14 | UNA-NYC Board of Directors Issues Recommendations for 2007 Advocacy Agenda
October 26 | UNA-NYC Gala Dinner to Celebrate UN Day
September 19 | UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Address to the 61st General Assembly
April 20 | The Challenge of Avian Flu: Strategies for an Impending Pandemic
April 1 | UNA-NYC Co-Sponsors Second Annual High School Art Exhibition
February 13 | UNA-NYC Represented at the Info Fair of the Committee on Teaching About the UN
January 16 | HERO: Addressing the Emergency Needs of Schools in Namibia
2005
December 1 | The Legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Involvement with the United Nations
October 21 | UNA-NYC Gala Dinner Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations
September 22 | The Power of People and Ideas: The Intellectual Contribution of the UN to Development
May 13 | Turkish Mission to the UN Hosts Reception for UNA-NYC Members
March 11 | UNA-NYC Receives Award for Membership Growth
2004
December 13 | UNA-NYC, YPIC, and the Young Professionals of New York City Organize Film Festival
December 7 | Talking Points on the UN Oil-for-Food Programme
August 9 | UNA-NYC to be Represented at UN Conference on Implementing Development Goals Set by World Leaders