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The United Nations Association of the United States of America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports the work of the United Nations and encourages active civic participation in the most important social and economic issues facing the world today. 

UNA seeks to promote constructive US leadership in a strengthened United Nations system. Specifically, it is our task to educate the public about the United Nations, increasing public knowledge about international issues and US government policies relating to the UN. We are to build public support for constructive leadership in the United Nations and advocate with government officials for US participation.

The West Triangle Chapter is composed of nearly 300 members in Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties, North Carolina.

 

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 EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lunch & Learn: The West Triangle Chapter's Lunch and Learn meetings are normally held monthly on the fourth Wednesday of the month, from Noon to 2 PM, at the Carolina Meadows Retirement Community in Chapel Hill. The meetings, which are open to the public in the Research Triangle area and beyond, are dsigned to educate and facilitate discussion about current developments in the United Nations and  world politics. Presently in suspension for the summer vacation season, they will resume on Wednesday, September 22, with the following speakers currently programmed:
 
September 22:  Robert Jenkins -  Director, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
(re: Successes and  Failures of International  Organizations in the Balkins)
 
October 27 - Michael Struett, Asst Prof, Dept. of Political Science, NCSU,  (re: United Nations  - specific title of talk to be announced) 
 
November 17 (meeting date moved to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving) - Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor, African and Afro-American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill (re: Problems of Governance in Africa)
 
December 15 (meeting date moved to avoid conflict with Christmas) - Erdman (Pal) Palmore, Prof. Emeritus, Duke Univ. Center for the Study of Aging; Pres., UNA West Triangle Chapter (re: "Global Aging: Blessing or Curse?")
 
January 26 -  Xi Chen, Asst. Prof., Dept of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill; (re China -  specific title of talk to  be announced)
 
Further details re each of the events will be contained in the newsletter editions for each of the months.
 

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