Welcome to the United Nations Association of New Zealand

 

The United Nations Association of New Zealand (UNANZ) is the people's movement for the United Nations in New Zealand. 

 

The UN brings virtually all peoples together to address global issues and is becoming increasingly important in determining our future. It promotes world peace and justice, and works to eradicate poverty and hunger. The UN still has far to go to achieve its objectives, and we are committed to its improvement.


UNANZ promotes and supports the aims and objectives of the United Nations, and are committed to the ideals embodied in the UN Charter, and Universal Declaration of Human Rights We are a means by which the principles of the UN Charter can be shared widely and its vision realised. Read more 

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UNANZ News

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Updates from the United Nations Association of New Zealand.

Murray McCully Speech: The Arab Spring

By Shannon on Tuesday, 2 August 2011

 Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 9:51 am Speech: New Zealand Government 

UNHCR offices mark 60th anniversary of landmark UN Refugee Convention

By Shannon on Monday, 1 August 2011

VIPs flying in for Pacific forum anniversary - Ban Ki-Moon to visit New Zealand in September

By Shannon on Wednesday, 13 July 2011

 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit New Zealand in September, just before the Rugby World Cup begins.

He will be one of the high-profile visitors at the 40th anniversary meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum

UN Dept of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) report. The World Economic and Social Survey 2011: The Great Green Technological Transformation

By Shannon on Monday, 11 July 2011

It is a remarkably extensive and detailed report analysing the global transformations needed to move towards a sustainable society. It deals with energy, agriculture, security, innovation and policy framworks, both national and international, with many economic issues address along the way. It is particularly senseitive to the needs of developing countries, but addresses also developed.

2011 Millennium Development Goals report

By Shannon on Monday, 11 July 2011

Major progress towards Millennium Development Goals, but the most vulnerable are left behind, UN report says

Significant strides have been made towards the Millennium Development Goals, yet reaching all the goals by the 2015 deadline remains challenging, as the world's poorest are being left behind

Watch or read the statement of the Secretary-General for the launch of the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 in Geneva on 7 July 2011.

UN Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

By Shannon on Monday, 21 March 2011

 Every year, the world commemorates the anniversary of the 1960 Sharpville massacre, which saw dozens of peaceful demonstrators shot by police in apartheid South Africa merely for protesting racially discriminatory laws.
This year, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is devoted to combating discrimination faced by people of African descent. This focus reflects the UN General Assembly’