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House Science Committee Ranking Member Don Beyer (D-VA) outlined the potential impact of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. He also spok…

Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee (D), and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke at a 70th anniversary commemoration of the founding of the United Nations. Th…

Roger Lipsey talked about his book, Hammarskjold: A Life, a biography of former United Nations Secretary General (1953-1961) and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dag Hammarskjold, who died in a pla…

The annual United Nations “International Day of the Disappeared” was marked by a seminar on “disappeared” persons moderated by Ms. Humaira Rahman. Participants talked about the plight of mis…

Linda Fasulo talked about the state of the United Nations, some of the problems facing the institution (including the recent oil-for-food scandal), and the structural changes being proposed …

Ambassador Eliasson, the incoming president of the United Nations General Assembly, talked about reform proposals for the United Nations. Topics included weapons of mass destruction, AIDS, o…

Secretary-General Annan delivered the keynote speech at the United Nations Association annual convention. He spoke about the principles which guide both the U.N. and the U.S., the close rela…

In a hearing on the U.N. Secretary-General selection process, participants testified on the role and responsibilities of the Secretary-General. The three panels in this portion focused on pe…

In a hearing on the U.N. Secretary-General selection process, participants testified on the role and responsibilities of the Secretary-General. This portion features opening remarks by the e…

During his remarks at a banquet address to the United Nations Association of the USA about the United Nations' role in peacekeeping operations, Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott spoke about th…

The U.N Association of the USA hosted a panel discussion in which panelists talked about the situation in Bosnia and how the United Nations is dealing with it through the use of U.N. troops …

Panelists, at an event sponsored by the United Nations Association of the U.S.A., discussed how the international media covers United Nation’s activities and how this translates into interna…

Association members met at a fund-raiser to present awards to outstanding individuals. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan was awarded the association’s United States Congressional Leadership Aw…

The panelists discussed the United Nations actions leading up to and through the Persian Gulf war. The allied forces actions were said to rest on the Security Council’s 12 key resolutions. B…

At a forum sponsored by the United Nations Association of the United States of America, participants discussed the potential role of the United Nations in working with the U.S. and other U.N…

The United Nations associations of the US the speaker was James Holger Director of the United Nations Information center.the topic is The United Nations & Peacekeeping.

The Capital Area division of the U.N. Association of the United States held a meeting at which “Human Rights in the 1980's” was talked about. The keynote address was by Curt Goering the Depu…

The United Nations Association of the United States held a luncheon focusing on U.S. policy towards the U.N. in the next administration. Speakers included Assistant Secretary of State for In…

Representative Jack Kemp (R-New York) and Representative David Obey (D-Wisconsin) debated on the future economic challenges that faced the United States, sponsored by the Economic Policy Cou…