UN System Chart 2023
The UN System Chart is a non-exhaustive document which reflects the structure of the UN. This document was published in July 2023 and will not be updated again until 2025. Click to download.
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A New Agenda for Peace
On 20 July 2023, UN Secretary-General António Guterres presented to member states his policy brief on A New Agenda for Peace, which outlines his vision for multilateral efforts for peace and security based on international law. It outlines an extensive … Continue reading →
Possible Joint Event Organisations
UNA Branches might find local contacts belonging to the following organisations that might be interested in running joint events. If your branch has worked with any other groups please let us know. United Nations Staff It is sometimes possible to … Continue reading →
This Week @UN
This Week @UN is a weekly newsletter created by PassBlue summarizing the most pressing issues before the organization. The information is gathered from UN press briefings, PassBlue reporting and other sources. Read the latest edition and subscribe here. PassBlue is … Continue reading →
UN Report on Progress towards SDG13: Climate Action
The UN Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition summarises the situation on SDG 13: Climate Action as follows: With a climate cataclysm looming, the pace and scale of current climate action plans are wholly insufficient to effectively tackle climate … Continue reading →
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2023: Special Edition provides a powerful call to action, presenting a candid assessment of the SDGs based on the latest data and estimates. While highlighting the existing gaps and urging the world to redouble its … Continue reading →
The Holy Land and Us – Our Untold Stories
Colin Briant of Musalaha shares the following report. On 14 and 21 March 2023, BBC 2 broadcast two television programmes co-presented by Rob Rinder and Sarah Agha in the series “The Holy Land and Us – Our Untold Stories” about … Continue reading →
United Nations System Staff College
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) has 12 online courses in English dealing with UN-related topics that are open to anyone as well as a similar number open only to UN staff. It also offers another 22 online English … Continue reading →
UN requested to reject controversial definition of antisemitism
Wikipedia says that the working definition of antisemitism (also called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism or IHRA definition) is a non-legally binding statement on what antisemitism is which was adopted by the IHRA Plenary (consisting of representatives … Continue reading →
How Green are English Premier League Clubs?
BBC Sport website reported in February that it has worked with the United Nations-backed Sport Positive Summit since 2019 to research the sustainability of all 20 Premier League clubs, with the rankings updated each year. Teams were asked to provide … Continue reading →