We’re excited to announce that the UNAAV is partnering with Global Voices to bring a delegation of young fellows to the World Food Forum in Rome in October! We are thrilled to introduce Lucinda G., Laura Carniel, Danai Jedrzejczyk, and Malachai Clements as this year’s outstanding fellows. We’re inspired by their potential and are excited […]
By Eileen Travers It’s the season to take on global challenges, from forging a healthier planet to putting the brakes on nuclear weapons, as world leaders and leading experts land at UN Headquarters in New York in mid-September for the General Assembly’s annual High-Level Week to chart a path towards a better, safer, greener future for all. As […]
Below is a communique published by United Nations Association of Australia, orginally published here Heads of state and government, through the General Assembly of the UN, are taking action to safeguard the future for present and coming generations. Our Action We collaborated with the Initiative for Peacebuilding of Melbourne University and the ACT Chapter of […]
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | A view of the Eduardo Kobra mural at UN Headquarters. By Conor Lennon Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a […]
By Felipe de Carvalho 30 August 2024 UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002. In a surprise move, legislators made the UN chief an honorary citizen […]
GENEVA – A UN expert has welcomed the comprehensive reforms proposed by the Privacy Act Review, which the Commonwealth Government has been deliberating, but has yet to implement the legislative and non-legislative reforms. “Australia’s efforts to update its privacy framework for personal data has been a prolonged process but, if prioritised, it could even become […]