On 2nd June, the UNAA QLD celebrated 71 years of Australian participation in Peacekeeping in Brisbane This was a special event attracting people who served, representatives of countries where we’ve […]
Guest reporter – Bernard Williams Reference to science fiction films and TV shows was inevitable, and we got some of the big ones, including “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, and Stanley Kubrick’s prophetic […]
From 20-25 May, former UN Ambassador and Staff member, Carlisle Richardson, led our first ever small group tour of International Geneva and the UN. After a week of meetings with Geneva-based UN […]
The United Nations is speaking out against the conviction of Sudanese teenager Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, who has recently been sentenced to death for the stabbing of her husband. This […]
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 14 May 2018 CANBERRA – The President of the United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Major General (Ret’d) Michael G […]
As a timely reminder of the continued uncertainty faced in Syria, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Jan Egelend, last week warned the world that the ongoing pain and […]
Palestinians in Gaza are set to enter their seventh straight week of protests. These come as part of the ‘Great March of Return’ protests staged at the border between Israel […]
Guest reporter: Tania Paloa – On Sunday 5th May 2018 a partnership between the UNAASA and Cittaslow Goolwa saw members, guests, well-known chefs and other dignitaries gather together at Goolwa for […]
Pre-monsoon rains hit Bangladesh on April 19th, a possible foreshadowing of the severe risks that future downpours will have on Rohingya refugee camps. According John McCue, Senior Operations Coordinator for […]