Upcoming Events

An Evening with Josie Cox
May
23

An Evening with Josie Cox

Please join us at our 2024 Annual Meeting, when UNA-NYC will celebrate our accomplishments over the past year, and our guest speaker will be financial journalist and author Josie Cox, who will share her compelling story of women’s fight for financial freedom, and the social and political hurdles that have kept them from equality.

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Our Workspace Free of Harassment: A Global Call To Action (CSW68 Parallel Event)
Mar
14

Our Workspace Free of Harassment: A Global Call To Action (CSW68 Parallel Event)

During CSW68, the United Nations Association of New York, the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York and Medical Women’s International Association will introduce a panel of experts who will share their personal narratives and novel global initiatives to strengthen institutions with a gender perspective and eliminate harassment in the workplace as well as to provide cultures of inclusion, belonging and advancement for all in the workplace.

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The Worldview Institute | Spring 2024
Feb
21
to Apr 24

The Worldview Institute | Spring 2024

The Worldview Institute provides a forum in which New York professionals in different fields can engage and discuss global issues with experts in foreign policy and international affairs. Seminar topics are designed to stimulate informal but academic discussions with presenters from the international arena, and to illuminate and explore business, political, economic and social trends in different regions of the world.

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A Conversation with Amnesty International’s Paul O’Brien
Dec
8

A Conversation with Amnesty International’s Paul O’Brien

Please join us for this timely conversation with Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, and Troy Wolfe, Senior Director of Partnerships and Special Initiatives at the United Nations Foundation, when they will be assessing the human rights movement's challenges and progress on the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Film Talk: Goodbye Julia
Nov
17

Film Talk: Goodbye Julia

Please join us for this live film-talk event at the Dolby Screening Room in New York, as we present a special afternoon screening of Goodbye Julia, Mohamed Kordofani’s compassionate, moving film set in the days before the 2011 secession of South Sudan, in which a retired singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his unsuspecting wife as her maid.

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The Ambassador Series: H.E. Mr. Osama M. Abdelkhalek
Nov
15

The Ambassador Series: H.E. Mr. Osama M. Abdelkhalek

Join us for this discussion in our acclaimed Ambassador Series, when award-winning UN Correspondent Stephanie Fillion and Egypt's Ambassador to the United Nations H.E. Osama Abdelkhalek will talk about the current situation in the Middle East, and the role of Egypt in relationship with other states in the region.

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT

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2023 UN Day Race
Oct
21

2023 UN Day Race

Run, bike, or walk with us — as we celebrate the 78th anniversary of the United Nations (October 24th is UN Day) — and recognize its tireless efforts to create a world in which everyone thrives in peace, dignity, and equality on a healthy planet. This year’s theme will be Gender Equality. Read more about it — and register!

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UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2023
Aug
15

UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2023

It’s back! Come out and enjoy our 2023 Summer Soirée — a perfect weeknight wind down with friends and colleagues. Quality time for catching up, do a bit of networking, and sharing some perspectives on what life looks like from more informed, global viewpoints.

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Film Talk | Return Date: Unknown
Jun
15

Film Talk | Return Date: Unknown

Join us for this premiere sneak peek of RETURN DATE: UNKNOWN, which will be included in the 2023 season of BYkids films to be presented on PBS. Our guests this evening to discuss the film after the screening will be Holly Carter, founder and executive director of BYkids, filmmaker Tymur Tsapliienko, and BYkids mentor Rom Barnea.

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An Evening with Ambassador Fergal Mythen
Jun
8

An Evening with Ambassador Fergal Mythen

Please join us at our 2023 Annual Meeting, when UNA-NYC will celebrate our accomplishments over the past year, and our guest speaker will be Irish Ambassador Fergal Mythen, joined in conversation with UNA-NYC Executive Vice President Robin van Puyenbroeck.

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The Ambassador Series: H. E. Elina Kalkku
May
24

The Ambassador Series: H. E. Elina Kalkku

In a discussion with award-winning UN Correspondent Stephanie Fillion, Finland's Ambassador to the UN Elina Kalkku will talk about current global affairs, what it's like to be Russia's neighbor right now, being a woman diplomat in one of the world's most gender-equal countries and more.

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Book Event: WHERE THE CHILDREN TAKE US by Zain Asher
Mar
16

Book Event: WHERE THE CHILDREN TAKE US by Zain Asher

In commemoration of International Women’s Day (March 6) and in celebration of the 2023 Conference on the Status of Women (CSW) taking place at the United Nations (6–17 March), we are pleased to hear from CNN International anchor ZAIN ASHER, who will discuss her inspirational memoir Where the Children Take Us. The event will take place at the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations in New York City.

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The Worldview Institute | Spring 2023
Mar
8
to May 10

The Worldview Institute | Spring 2023

The Worldview Institute provides a forum in which New York professionals in different fields can engage and discuss global issues with experts in foreign policy and international affairs. Seminar topics are designed to stimulate informal but academic discussions with presenters from the international arena, and to illuminate and explore business, political, economic and social trends in different regions of the world.

There’s still time to sign up — registration deadline is MARCH 3

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Film Talk: The Swimmers
Feb
2

Film Talk: The Swimmers

Please join us for the return engagement of our live film-talk events at the Dolby Screening Room in New York, as we present this absorbing and inspiring film. On hand after the screening, we are pleased to host our guest speakers Deanna Bitetti, Head of External Relations and Communications at UNHCR, the UN refugee agency based in New York City, and Sven Spannekrebs, Co-Founder of the Yusra Mardini Foundation (USA) and the Butterfly by Yusra Mardini Association (Germany).

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UN Art Tour and Holiday Lunch
Dec
16

UN Art Tour and Holiday Lunch

After the success of our UN Summer Garden Tour, this winter we’re offering a UNA-NYC chapter members-only tour, this time highlighting the UN’s art collection, preceded by a lunch. It’s another appealing opportunity to meet up with other members of our NYC Chapter… and learn all about the works of art gifted to UN Headquarters in the heart of New York City.

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Global Security and Disarmament Agenda at Crossroads: A Fragmented World or a Cohesive Future
Nov
14

Global Security and Disarmament Agenda at Crossroads: A Fragmented World or a Cohesive Future

Please join us for our first live, post-pandemic in-person event, in partnership with the Columbia University Club of New York, when we will gather to hear UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, share her perspectives on the future possibilites ahead for achieving success in securing an effective global disarmament agreement.

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2022 UN Day Race
Oct
16
to Oct 29

2022 UN Day Race

Run, bike, or walk with us — as we celebrate the UN’s 77th anniversary and recognize its tireless efforts to create a world in which everyone thrives in peace, dignity, and equality on a healthy planet. The event is virtual, which means you may complete it at any time between October 16th and October 29th, anywhere in the world. Read more about it — and register!

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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Successful Strategies to End the Practice
Oct
11

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Successful Strategies to End the Practice

Please join us for this webtalk as two key representatives from the Pastoralist Child Foundation, Co-Founder & Director Samuel Siriria Leadismo, alongside FGM expert and community mobilizer, Elizabeth Lemoyog, discuss their initiatives and strategies for eradicating FGM, at the national level and beyond. The moderator this evening will be PCF founder and president, Sayddah Garrett. This special event coincides with the UN’s International Day of the Girl Child (October 11).

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UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2022
Jul
21

UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2022

We are happy to welcome our NYC Chapter Members back into the swirl of summer — with the return of our annual Summer Soirée! And this year, sustainability is our theme, as we co-host this soirée with the NYC Fair Trade Coalition — bringing together fashion, food, and fair trade.

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Summer UN Garden Tour and Lunch
Jul
12

Summer UN Garden Tour and Lunch

We are pleased to announce a special treat in the early New York summertime — a tour of the United Nations garden, preceded by a lunch — an appealing opportunity to meet up with other members of our NYC Chapter, and even make some new friends! Non-members are welcome. Note: registration is now closed.

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