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Welcome to the Queensland Division of the United Nations Association of Australia.

We work to inform, inspire and engage our community in supporting the values and Sustainable Development Goals of the UN to create a safer, fairer and more sustainable world.

We also strive to act locally to promote the work of the UN to maintain and strengthen global peace and security, provide humanitarian relief, and promote human rights, environmental sustainability and economic development.

In the news: February 2024

The news continues to be dominated by the conflict in Gaza, with the humanitarian crisis becoming more and more desperate. This may be the defining conflict of this generation and […]

In the News: what’s in store for 2024

Compiled by the Peace and Security Team, UNAA Queensland In many respects, it’s going to be a big year. Whether this evokes the need to ‘brace ourselves’, inspires optimism or […]

The danger of the middle road

The political division that makes a middle approach to the Israel-Gaza conflict tenuous. The article below is written as a commentary and not an official position by the UNAA, the […]

Peace and Security Program- October Report

Click on this link to see the PDF version of the Peace and Security Program Oct. Report  

Human rights and mega-sporting events

By Elisabeth Haugland-Austrheim Australia has a strong, however not perfect, record on human rights (Australian Human Rights Commission 2023). The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand […]

National Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals – The Nordic Countries

  The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which was adopted by all UN Member states in 2015, called for urgent action for “people, planet and prosperity” (United Nations General Assembly […]

Upcoming Events, 2024

29 May – UNAA Qld Peacekeepers Service Anzac Square
21 September – UN International Peace Service, St John’s Cathedral
24 October – UN Day Anniversary Doug Everingham Oration – Parliament House
10 December UN UDHR – Service, St John’s Cathedral