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5 unusual facts about United Nations Association


Alan Lee Williams

He worked as the national youth officer of the Labour Party between 1955 and 1962 and then as the National Youth Officer of the United Nations Association between 1962 and 1966.

Anna Arnold Hedgeman

Hedgeman held memberships in numerous organizations, such as the Child Study Association, Community Council of the City of New York, National Urban League, NAACP, United Nations Association, Advisory Committee on Alcoholism, Advisory Committee on Drug Addiction, and the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Edward Lamb

In his later years, Lamb was a trustee of the United Nations Association chapter in the United States, and participated in peace and civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s.

Joe Szwaja

In November 1999, Szwaja received the Human Rights Award from the Seattle chapter of the United Nations Association for his work helping war victims in East Timor.

Marc H. Tanenbaum

He served on the boards of various institutions, including the American Jewish World Service, the International Rescue Committee, the Overseas Development Council, the United Nations Association, the National Peace Academy, the A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Covenant House.


Race Street Friends Meetinghouse

The Meetinghouse is part of the Friends Center campus, which includes the National Office of the American Friends Service Committee, Friends World Committee for Consultation, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the United Nations Association.

United Nations Youth Associations Network

In August 2011, youth representatives of the national UNYAs from Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Romania and Switzerland, as well as representatives of the UNA-Youth Sections from Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey met at the United Nations Office at Vienna to establish UNYANET.


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Angela Bambace

Throughout her life, she was involved in a variety of organizations, including Americans for Democratic Action, Baltimore Community Action Commission, United Nations Association, Southern Conference Education Fund, Maryland Commission on the Status of Women, and the Jewish Labor Committee.

Anya Ayoung-Chee

In 2008 the United Nations Association of Trinidad and Tobago (UNATT) asked both Anya and Gabrielle Walcott to be spokeswomen and champions for the group.

Southern Ontario Model United Nations Association

Kathryn White - Executive Director of the United Nations Association in Canada

Wendy Luers

She is married to William H. Luers, former President of the United Nations Association of the United States of America, former President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and former United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1983–1986) and Venezuela (1978–1982).

World Council of Indigenous Peoples

Funds also came from the World Council of Churches, the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, the United Nations Association of Denmark, and many others.