The United Nations
The United Nations has four main purposes:
- to keep peace throughout the world;
- to develop friendly relations among nations.
- to help nations work together to improve the lives of poor people, to conquer hunger, disease and illiteracy, and to encourage respect for each other's rights and freedoms.
- to be a centre for harmonising the actions of nations to achieve these goals.
The UNA
UNA-UK is the leading source of independent analysis of the United Nations and is a grassroots movement campaigning for a safer, fairer and more sustainable world.
UNA-NI
UNA-NI is a regional branch of the United Nations Association and is the hub for individual members and local groups of UNA-UK in N. Ireland. It is a volunteer-run group which supports UNA-UK's work by organising a diverse range of activities, such as awareness-raising events with keynote speakers. It supports and works with other like-minded organisations which help to promote the United Nations at a local level.
UNA-UK Patron
The following quotation by Sir Patrick Stewart, actor and UNA-UK Patron as the Keynote Speaker, was made at the 2012 UN Forum:
“The United Nations is more than a humanitarian agency and international peacekeeper. It is more than a platform for discussion and a champion for the voiceless. Simply put, the UN stands for a better life for us all.
UNA-UK’s work in bringing the UN to people in the UK has never been more important. We are, all of us, citizens of the world, and it is in our interests to support an effective UN that delivers global solutions to global problems.”
“The United Nations is more than a humanitarian agency and international peacekeeper. It is more than a platform for discussion and a champion for the voiceless. Simply put, the UN stands for a better life for us all.
UNA-UK’s work in bringing the UN to people in the UK has never been more important. We are, all of us, citizens of the world, and it is in our interests to support an effective UN that delivers global solutions to global problems.”