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Human Rights Day 2010

Sixty-two years ago on Dec. 10, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first global expression to protect the rights of everyone worldwide. We at UNA-USA and others celebrate this watershed moment with Human Rights Day.

For this year’s Human Rights Day, UNA-USA members and supporters are taking an active role in keeping the spirit of this important document alive with events and advocacy for important human rights legislation before Congress.

Learn more about Human Rights Day 2010


Friday, December 10, 2010 10:09:24 AM
21 or Younger? Now is Your Chance to Be Heard at the UN Security Council

Are you 21 or younger? Ambassador Susan Rice wants to know what global issues are most important to you! Share your thoughts with her, and they might be discussed by the UN Security Council this month.

  Learn more about "Voices of a New Generation"


Monday, December 06, 2010 4:16:24 PM
Today is World AIDS Day
YOU can help fight HIV/AIDS. Take action on December 1 – World AIDS Day.

Join (RED)

Help us spread the message across the social networks on World AIDS Day in the following ways. Each time you do your activity will help turn our map of the world (RED) – you can see it at www.joinred.com

 

Watch “A New Picture of Health”

A documentary to learn more about the work of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

 


Wednesday, December 01, 2010 7:48:15 AM
UN Foundation/UNA-USA Strategic Alliance


The UN Foundation / United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) Strategic Alliance works to build a broad base of citizen support for American multilateral engagement through its 125 chapters and divisions across the U.S. For six decades, the mission of the UNA-USA and its chapters have been rooted in the founding principles of the United Nations: to inform, inspire and mobilize Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations and to strengthen the United Nations system. UNA-USA’s education and Model UN programs help connect young people to the UN, while the Council of Organizations brings NGOs together, connecting them to the UN.

VIDEO: UN Foundation/UNA-USA Strategic Alliance

 

 

Find resources on the UN Foundation/UNA-USA Alliance

 


Friday, November 19, 2010 7:42:00 AM
UNA-USA Thanks Newman's Own
Early this month, Newman’s Own Foundation announced that it had surpassed more than $300 million in charitable giving. To cross that milestone, the foundation awarded a series of grants, including one for $25,000 to UNA-USA.

“When people would thank Paul for his charitable giving, he would always reply that he didn’t think he was doing anything special,” said Robert Forrester, president of Newman’s Own Foundation. “He believed that the real thanks should go to those people and organizations – like UNA-USA – who work every day to make ours and the future’s a better world. For Paul, it was a privilege to be just one among these many. That’s how we all feel today as we carry on this unique and wonderful philanthropic legacy.”

Among other projects, the grant to UNA will help defray the costs of distributing the latest issue of UNA’s “A Global Agenda: Issues Before the UN” to various offices at the UN and to UNA constituencies nationwide.

In making the announcement, Ed Elmendorf, president and chief executive of UNA, said, “We are extremely grateful, once again, for the unerring kindness and thoughtfulness of the Newman’s Own Foundation, which has consistently supported UNA causes and projects that help promote UN efforts for peace around the world. This grant will help disseminate an important book on the major issues at the UN and how the world body will tackle them in the next year.”

Newman’s Own Foundation has also been a generous donor to UNA’s Leo Nevas Program on Human Rights, which coordinates UNA’s activities on enhancing the UN’s effectiveness in the promotion of human rights.

About Newman’s Own Foundation

Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, Newman’s Own Foundation donates all net royalties and profits after taxes it receives from the sale of Newman’s Own products to charity. To date, Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given over $300 million to thousands of charities around the world. To learn more, visit www.newmansownfoundation.org.

For information on UNA-USA, go to www.unausa.org.
Monday, November 15, 2010 3:00:43 PM
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