Shaping a better world at Expo 2025 in Japan
UN News/Daniel Dickinson Visitors to Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, walk around the grand ring which circles the event space. By Daniel Dickinson, Osaka, Japan How can we build a fairer, more peaceful world while safeguarding the planet? That’s the powerful question at the heart of the United Nations Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. […]
Study Tour to the UN in Geneva 2025
The UNAA Study Tour to the UN in Geneva is fast approaching leaving in October, and with only a few places left- get in quick! Hear about the experience from a past study tour participant to the UN in Geneva! To register email office@unaavictoria.org.au
Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France
© The Ocean Story / Vincent Kneefel Up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean every year — the equivalent of a garbage truck every minute. By Fabrice Robinet, our correspondent in Nice With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the Third United Nations Ocean Conference on Monday, […]
Event: Pathways to Peace: Marking the UN Peacekeepers’ Day 2025
The United Nations Assoication of Australia (Victoria) and the UNAA Young Profressionals (YP) would like to thank all who attended the Pathways to Peace: Marking UN Peacekeepers’ Day Event. Chloe Luu and Che Mudunna (YP co-presidents) moderated the disucssion with Adrian Morrice, a highly experienced practitioner and researcher in political transitions, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, […]
Champions for Change: World football teams up with UN development goals
© UNICEF/Mustafa Abdalrasol A ten-year-old boy plays football in an internally displaced camp in Abushok, Sudan. Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May. The Football for the Goals Forum brought UN leaders and […]
An update on our Global Education Program for 2025…
The Global Education Program has hit the ground running this year around Victoria in metropolitan and regional areas. The UNAAV has travelled to seven host schools and has delivered a Model UN to over 800 students, all coming together to discuss topics of Zero Hunger, Pathways to Peace, Planet Ocean, Space Research and Sustainable Development, […]