2026 Climate & SDGs Series Event #1 Recap
As part of our 2026 Climate & SDGs series, UNAA Victoria and the City of Melbourne collaborated with the World Food Forum Australia Youth Chapter to feature the Australian screening of Hidden Hunger, an award-winning short film by Melbourne director Orit Novak The film was followed by an incredible panel, bringing Melbourne’s food future into […]
A city opens its doors to the world: New York and the United Nations
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4WhUdVUzLKY&time_continue=541&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.un.org%2FBy Daniel Dickinson Born from the ashes of the Second World War, the dream of a more peaceful and fairer world drew nations together in 1945 under a new vision for humanity: the United Nations. Eight decades on, the aspiration for peace, dignity and equality still resonates as the UN marks 80 years of its existence […]
A former refugee takes on a world in flight
© UNHCR/Nikola Ivanovski UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, visits displaced families at a transit centre in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. By Fabrice Robinet Barham Salih has spent much of his life crossing borders, first as a young Kurdish exile fleeing repression in Iraq, and now as the UN top official for refugees, confronting a world […]
The first Model UN Conference of 2026
UNAA Victoria would like to thank the Centre of Higher Education Studies (CHES) for hosting the first Model UN of 2026! The students discussed the important topic of Sustainable Cities and Communities, with Adrian Morrice as Secretary- General of the meeting. Various schools around Victoria came together for an in-depth discussion to address the aim […]
LIVE: International Women’s Day and CSW70 at the United Nations
UN Women/Ryan BrownMichelle Williams, Grammy Award-winning singer and Broadway performer, performs in the UN General Assembly Hall during the observance of the 2026 International Women’s Day. Welcome to our live coverage of International Women’s Day 2026 and the opening of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at UN Headquarters […]
MIDDLE EAST LIVE: Strikes continue from US, Israel and Iran as UN urges restraint
© Unsplash/Kamran Gholami Tehran, the capital of Iran. (file photo) Violent escalation in the Middle East has entered a third day as coordinated US and Israeli strikes against Iran aimed at regime change continue to cause loss of life and damage across the region, prompting Iranian missile and drone counter-strikes hitting targets in multiple […]