Activities
UNA-UK campaigns and educates to promote the principles of the UN Charter and to support the work of the United Nations and its agencies. As UNA-UK is independent of the UN system and receives no funding from it, the organisation can be critical of the UN's decisions and activities when it needs to be, and can call for the Organisation to be reformed so that it is better equipped to fulfill its fundamental functions: to maintain international peace and security, to promote development and to uphold human rights around the world.
UNA-UK head office in London provides policy expertise to support the advocacy work of UNA-UK members. It maintains an ongoing dialogue with UK government ministers, parliamentarians and the media on issues relating to the UN. UNA-UK wants to promote multilateralism and adherence to international law through four policy programmes:
- Implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals
- Peace, security and disarmament
- Human rights and humanitarian affairs
- UN reform
UNA-UK connects with its membership through a regional and local branch structure. UNA-UK publishes a quarterly magazine, 'New World', which contains articles specific to the work of the United Nations.
UNA-UK is also a founding member of the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
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