Past Events

2024

October 26 | The 2024 UN Day Race

Sptember 30 | The 2024 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

June 11 | Film Talk: 20 Days in Mariupol

June 3 | The Ambassador Series: H.E. Robert Rae

May 23 | An Evening with Josie Cox

March 14 | Our Workspace Free of Harassment: A Global Call To Action (CSW68 Parallel Event)

Feb 21 - Apr 24 | The Worldview Institute : Spring 2024

February 7 | Challenges and Opportunities in Human Rights Reporting: A Focus on Journalism and AI

2023

December 8 | A Conversation with Amnesty International’s Paul O’Brien

November 17 | Film Talk: Goodbye Julia

November 15 | The Ambassador Series: H.E. Mr. Osama M. Abdelkhalek

October 21 | The 2023 UN Day Race

September 29 | The Summer Scholars Panel 2023

August 15 | UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2023

June 15 | Film Talk - Return Date: Unknown

June 8 | An Evening with Ambassador Fergal Mythen

May 24 | The Ambassador Series: H. E. Elina Kalkku

March 16 | Book Talk: WHERE THE CHILDREN TAKE US by Zain Asher

March 10 | Technology at its Best and Worst Across Disciplines (CSW67 Parallel Event)

March 8 – May 10 | The Worldview Institute : Spring 2023

February 2 | Film Talk: The Swimmers

2022

December 16 | UN Art Tour and Holiday Lunch

December 2 | The Summer Scholars Panel 2022

November 14 | Global Security and Disarmament Agenda at Crossroads: A Fragmented World or a Cohesive Future

November 1 | The 2022 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 29 | The 2022 UN Day Race

October 11 | Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Successful Strategies to End the Practice

July 21 | UNA-NYC Summer Soirée 2022

July 12 | Summer UN Garden Tour and Lunch

June 29 | Book Talk: LESSONS FROM THE EDGE by Marie Yovanovitch

June 7 | The Role of the UN in Addressing the Backsliding of Girls’ Education and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

May 19 | Reporting on Russia’s War: A Special Panel with Ukrainian and Russian Journalists

May 16 | Dr. Fatou Bensouda, Former ICC Chief Prosecutor

April 21 | Film Talk: Buddhism, Bhutan and Me

April 7 | Does Economic Warfare Work? The West’s Unprecedented Sanctions Against Russia

March 24 | International Women’s Day 2022 Book Talk with Eliza Reid

March 8 | Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine?

February 2 | Book Talk: THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE by Fiona Hill

February 9 | UNA-NYC Member Series | Careers at the United Nations (Session 4)

February 16 | UNA-NYC Member Series | Careers at the United Nations (Session 3)

February 17 | UNA-NYC Member Series | Careers with the United Nations (Session 2)

January 19 | Book Talk: THE CHANCELLOR by Kati Marton

January 26 | UNA-NYC Member Series | Careers at the United Nations (Session 1)

2021

December 2 | Progress or Procrastination? What We Achieved at COP26

December 15 | Book Talk: ON ALL FRONTS by Clarissa Ward

October 10-24 | 2021 UN Day Run

October 21 | Rebuilding Broken Lives: UNHCR and Local Refugee Assistance

September 23 | The Climate Crisis and the IPCC Report: What Happens Now?

September 14 | The Summer Scholars Panel 2021

July 8 | UNA-NYC Summer Series: A Food-Secure Future for New York City

June 30 | Book Club: OF WOMEN AND SALT by Gabriela Garcia

June 24 | UNA-NYC Summer Series: Reducing Food Waste in New York City

June 22 | The Future of Global Health: How Businesses Advance the SDGs with Science and Global Health Diplomacy

June 17 | UNA-NYC Summer Series: A Chef’s Day of Sustainable Eating

June 10 | UNA-NYC Summer Series: The UN and Food Systems, An Overview

June 3 | From New York to the Globe: UN Resolutions to Address the Illegal Wildlife Trade

May 20 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting and Keynote 2021 with Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch

May 6 | Powerful Game Changers: Empowering Women and Girls

April 29 | Book Club: HADES, ARGENTINA by Daniel Loedel

April 15 | UNA-NYC/CUNY Spring 2021 UN Career Talk

March 11 | Book Talk: ENOUGH ABOUT ME by Richard Lui

February 24 | Sustainable Fashion for All: Examining the Industry Through the Lens of Social Justice

February 18 | Where Health Meets Justice: How Doctors and Lawyers Can Work Together for Human Rights

February 4 | “In Small Places, Close to Home”: Examining Eleanor Roosevelt’s UN Legacy

January 26 | Film Talk: A Thousand Cuts

2020

December 17 | AIDS, COVID, Women, and Children: Global Disparities

December 3 | Film Talk: Faith’s World

November 19 | UNA-NYC Careers: Breaking Into International Development

October 17-31 | 2020 UN Day Run

October 29 | UN75: Reflecting on the Past, Building Our Future

October 21 | Book Club: Call Me American

October 14 | Secrets of the UN (including a Hidden Apartment)

October 1 | Film Talk: The Six Triple Eight

September 23 | How Big Data and Voting Behavior Impact U.S. Environmental Policy-Making

August 27 | Real Life Heroes: The UN's Humanitarian Workers on the Frontlines

August 12 | WHO's Handling the Crisis? The Role of the WHO in Humanitarian Health Action

July 29 | The Virtual UN: Innovation and Remote Diplomacy in the Era of Covid-19

July 21 | Book Talk: Twilight of Democracy

June 23 | COVID-19 and Beyond: Investing in the SDGs

June 17 | Europe’s COVID-19 Guinea Pig: The Italian Perspective on the Pandemic

June 3 | Investing in Languages: Why Multilingualism Matters

May 27 | Global Healthcare Delivery: The Impact of Covid-19 and Lessons Learned from the U.S. Epicenter

May 20 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting and Keynote 2020 with National Geographic Explorer Agustina Besada

May 11 | Healthy People and Planet: Why Sustaining All Life Matters in a Post-Covid World

May 7 | Film Talk: Against the Current

April 28 | Film Talk: Victors

April 23 | Modern Slavery: The Hidden Victims of the Coronavirus

April 16 | Zoonotic Pandemics: How to Prevent Them in the Future

March 3 | The Ambassador Series — Afghanistan: The Woman's Voice

February 13 | Film Talk: Made in Bangladesh

2019

November 20 | Film Talk: I Could Tell ‘Bout My Life

November 6 | The Ambassador Series — The Greek Perspective

October 29 | The Summer Scholars Panel 2019

October 16 | Film Talk: Dawnland

October 3 | 2019 UN Day Gala Dinner

September 12 | A Special Panel on Climate Migration: Where Can They Go?

August 15 | Film Talk: Love Sonia

August 8 | LGBTI Human Rights Consultation panel: A Special UPR Panel

July 29 | UNA-NYC 2019 Summer Evening Soirée

June 12 | Film Talk: Out of Aleppo

June 6 | Book Talk: The Perfect Weapon by David Sanger

May 20 | The Ambassador Series: Commemorating the Rwandan Genocide with Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza

April 11 | UNA-NYC Careers: Working for the UN — A World of Opportunities

March 19 | CSW63 Parallel Event: Where Do We Go From Here? Pathways to Empowering Immigrant Women and Girls

March 14 | Film Talk: Walk on My Own

March 5 | UNA-NYC Education: STEM Education Now — A Special Half-Day Conference

January 15 | Book Talk: A Private War

2018

December 10 | Lives in the Balance: Eviscerating Asylum Protection for Victims of Gender Violence

December 6 | Film Talk: On Her Shoulders

October 26 | Human Rights, Close to Home: Alternatives for Protecting Immigrants

October 24 | The Ambassador Series: Brexit Conundrum

October 2 | The 2018 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 14 | Film Talk: RBG

September 13 | 2018 Summer Scholars Panel

July 27 | The 2018 Summer Soirée

May 29 | The Ambassador Series: The German Perspective

May 23 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2018

April 26 | Book Talk: EDGE OF CHAOS Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix It

March 21 | CSW62 Panel: America's Maternal Death Rate: What's Behind it and How to Prevent It

March 12 | International Women’s Day: 28 / 28 The Lasting Effects of the Berlin Wall on Women in Germany

February 9 | Film Talk: The Insult

February 8 | Human Trafficking: Stories from the Field

January 17 | The Ambassador Series: The Korean Situation

2017

December 5 | Book Talk: THE INTERNATIONALISTS How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World

November 16 | Book Talk: A WORLDLY AFFAIR New York, the United Nations, and the Story Behind Their Unlikely Bond

November 3 | The 2017 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 28 | Book Talk: NOTES ON A FOREIGN COUNTRY An American Abroad in a Post-American World

September 20 | 2017 Summer Scholars Panel

August 9 | The 2017 Summer Soirée

June 14 | The Ambassador Series: What Role for the United Nations in a New Multipolar World?

May 25 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2017

May 16 | Film Talk: Syria's Disappeared

April 25 | Careers at the United Nations: A World of Opportunities

March 9 | NYC and the United Nations: A Partnership Beyond Brick & Mortar

January 13 | Film Talk: The Uncondemned

2016

December 5 | The Perfect Storm: Closing Space for LGBT Civil Society in Kenya, Indonesia, Hungary and Kyrgyzstan

October 26 | The 2016 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 19 | The Ambassador Series: The Future of International Cooperation on Migration

September 19 | Ending Global Child Marriage

July 22 | Film Talk: The Crossing

July 15 | The 2016 Summer Soirée

May 26 | Consular Evening: SWITZERLAND with André Schaller

May 20 | Film Talk: Remember Us: The Hungarian Hidden Children

May 4 | Book Talk: THE MORNING THEY CAME FOR US Dispatches from Syria

April 21 | A Conversation with UN SG Nominee Irina Bokova

April 14 | A Conversation with UN SG Nominee Natalia Gherman

March 18 | UNA-NYC Leadership Luncheon: Gender Gaps and Womens Empowerment

March 11 | Film Talk: Mustang

February 25 | The 2016 Winter Soirée

February 23 | The Ambassador Series: A New Chapter in U.S.–Cuban Relations

February 11 | Book Talk: OUTPATIENTS The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism

February 10 | UNA-NYC Leadership Luncheon: JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

January 13 | UNA-NYC Careers: Working as a Foreign Correspondent

2015

November 19 | The Ambassador Series: Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate: Illegal Trade in Wildlife

November 5 | The Great European Migration Challenge: Legalizing and Regulating Mobility

October 30 | Film Talk: The Trials of Spring

October 22 | The 2015 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 7 | Book Talk: THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE 21st CENTURY Grappling with the World's Most Challenging Issues

September 18 | Film Talk: The Good Lie

July 23 | The 2015 Summer Soirée

July 13 | Book Talk: THE SHARED SOCIETY A Vision for the Global Future of Latin America

June 8 | UNA-NYC Leadership Luncheon: A Path Appears- Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity

May 21 | Film Talk: Poet Against Prejudice

May 13 | The Ambassador Series: Southeast Asia in the International Arena

May 6 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2015

April 22 | Consular Evening: IRELAND with Barbara Jones

April 7 | UNA-NYC Careers: What's it Really Like to Work for a Non-Profit

February 6 | Film Talk: Timbuktu

January 14 | Book Talk: THE UNDERGROUND GIRLS OF KABUL

2014

December 12 | Film Talk: 21st Century Organized Crime - Organ Trafficking and Human Rights

December 11 | Consular Evening: AUSTRIA with Georg Heindl

December 8 | UNA-NYC Leadership Luncheon: Reporting in the Age of Kidnapping

October 29 | The 2014 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 1 | The Ambassador Series: An Evening with Ambassador Mary Elizabeth Flores Flake

September 4 | Consular Evening: CHINA with Sun Guoxiang

August 21 | Film Talk: Horses of God

August 15 | The 2014 Summer Soirée

July 9 | Iraq: A New Fiasco?

June 18 | Film Talk: Home Is Where You Find It

May 14 | UNA-NYC Careers: The Global Health Field

May 9 | Film Talk: Seeds of Time

April 30 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2014

April 21 | The Ambassador Series: Iran-U.S. Relations-Challenges and Opportunities

March 27 | Japan's New National Security Strategy and Its Impacts on Regional Stability

March 3 | Playtime in Africa: Meeting the MDGs through Child-Centered Urban Spaces

February 27 | Syrian Accountability: The Question of Social Media and Atrocity Prevention

January 31 | Film Talk: A People Uncounted

January 14 | The Ambassador Series: An Evening with Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo

2013

November 7 | UNA-NYC Careers: Working With UNICEF

October 23 | The 2013 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 23 | Book Talk: On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines

August 1 | Film Talk: Displaced But Not Defeated

July 23 | The 2013 Summer Soirée

June 17 | United Nations Association of New York at the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

June 10 | Worldview Institute Alumni Reunion + Networking Reception

May 20 | The Remembrance Project : DARFUR

May 14 | Book Talk: HAMMARSKJÖLD : A Life

May 2 | Book Talk: HOWEVER LONG THE NIGHT

April 3 | Book Talk: ESCAPE FROM CAMP 14

March 14 | The Ambassador Series: Pakistan and the United Nations

March 6 | Book Talk: SHAHNAMEH The Epic of the Persian Kings

March 1 | Film Talk: War Witch

February 1 | Film Talk: Portrait of Wally

January 14 | The Ambassador Series: Forging Consensus: US-Asia Policy in the Next Administration

2012

December 12 | The IMPACT LEADERSHIP 21 Summit: Transforming Women's Leadership in a Hyper-Connected World

December 3 | UNA-NYC Careers: Working for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees

November 29 | Book Talk: IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN

October 25 | The 2012 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 1 | Book Talk: ROCK THE CASBAH Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World

September 22 | Film Talk: PAD YATRA A Green Odyssey

July 24 | The 2012 Summer Soirée

July 13 | Film Talk: Under Fire - Journalists in Combat

June 15 | Film Talk: Fire in Our Hearts

June 5 | Is China Really Taking Off?

May 31 | Consular Evening: Republic of Cyprus

May 16 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2012

April 26 | UNA-NYC Careers: An Insider's Guide to Getting a Job at the UN

March 28 | The Ambassador Series: A Modern Evolution-The Role of the European Union in Global Affairs

March 12 | Film Talk: Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?

March 9 | Film Talk: The Lady

February 23 | Consular Evening: Canada - Friends, Neighbors, Allies

February 9 | Book Talk: THE FEAR Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

January 24 | The Ambassador Series: TURKEY

January 17 | Film Talk: Granito - How to Nail a Dictator

2011

December 1 | Book Talk: THE UNRAVELING Pakistan in the Age of Jihad

October 13 | The 2011 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 28 | Book Talk: GETTING BETTER Why Global Development is Succeeding and How We Can Improve the World Even More

September 20 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2011

September 14 | The Ambassador Series: Brazil at the United Nations

September 9 | Film Talk: Budrus

August 4 | The WDLS Diversity Summit Cocktail Reception and Networking Evening

July 29 | Film Talk: Climate Refugees

June 27 | United Nations Association of New York at the 2011 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

June 7 | UN World Environment Day: Indonesia's Global Climate Change Partnerships

May 26 | Changing Paradigms: Foreign News Coverage and the New Media

May 11 | UNA-NYC Leadership Luncheon: Making a Difference: Women Who Care

April 18 | Book Talk: THE GOLDEN CAGE Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny

April 5 | UNA-NYC Careers: Foreign Affairs Reporting Today

March 15 | Film Talk: Waste Land

March 10 | Book Talk: How The West Was Lost

March 2 | How Did Egypt's Revolt Succeed?

February 18 | Film Talk: Have You Heard From Johannesburg

February 17 | The Ambassador Series: Global Governance: The G20, The UN and The 3G

February 1 | The Evolving Role of the European Union at the United Nations

January 7 | Film Talk: BHUTTO

2010

November 30 | Book Talk: The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam

November 22 | UNA-NYC Careers: Opportunities for Young Talent at The World Bank

November 18 | The Current State of UN Peacekeeping Missions and Reform

October 21 | The 2010 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 30 | Film Talk: Countdown to Zero

September 27 | Book Talk: Strength in What Remains

July 30 | Film Talk: Sergio

June 10 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations

June 7 | Film Talk: My Country is Tibet

May 25 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2010

April 29 | UNA-NYC Careers: Career Paths at Not-For-Profits and Foundations

April 9 | Film Talk: Holly

March 8 | UNA-NYC Panel: Somaly Mam

February 17 | Revolutionary Iran? Making Sense of the Green Movement

January 26 | Film Talk: As Seen Through These Eyes

2009

December 3 | Film Talk: Afghan Star

November 19 | UNA-NYC Careers: Working for the State Department

November 12 | Iraq - Where We Are and Where We're Going

October 22 | The 2009 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 17 | The Real War in Mexico: How Democracy Can Defeat the Drug Cartels

August 5 | Film Talk: THE RECKONING The Epic Story of the Battle for the International Criminal Court

June 25 | Film Talk: The End of Poverty?

June 2 | The Changing U.N. Landscape

May 28 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations

May 7 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2009

April 21 | Film Talk: FLOW For Love of Water

April 2 | UNA-NYC Careers: A World of Opportunities

March 19 | Steps Toward Gender Equality: The Upcoming Women's World Conference

March 4 | Film Talk: Pray the Devil Back to Hell

February 19 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN

February 10 | Book Talk: The Petrostate: Putin, Power and the New Russia

January 29 | Film Talk: Fateless

2008

December 3 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN

October 29 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Egypt to the UN

October 23 | The 2008 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 18 | The Payoff from Women’s Rights: Women’s Empowerment and Development

June 12 | Building Peace in the Minds of Men: The mission of the UNESCO

May 15 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2008

April 17 | Protecting the Nation in the Information Age

April 9 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN

March 20 | Human Rights in Venezuela: From Concern to Crisis

February 21 | The Six O'Clock News, Intelligence, National Security and You

January 24 | Turmoil in Pakistan: A Report From the Field

2007

November 15 | India: Things Done and Left Undone

October 25 | The 2007 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

September 25 | 21ST CENTURY SLAVERY A Human Rights Approach to Human Trafficking: the Question of Responsibility

June 11 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of the Israel to the UN

May 16 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2007

May 3 | Between Memory and History: A Wayward Historian Remembers the Cuban Revolution

April 27 | Traditional Dances from Malaysia

April 11 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN

April 5 | Iran: What Next?

February 22 | Book Talk: The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power

January 25 | An Advance Look at the United Nations Headquarters: The Capital Master Plan

January 18 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN

2006

December 14 | The Ambassador Series: Permanent Representative of Denmark to the UN

October 26 | The 2006 United Nations Day Humanitarian Awards Gala Dinner

October 19 | Global Leadership Skills of the 21st Century

September 28 | Why The U.N. Should Stop Worrying About the U.S.

May 25 | UNA-NYC Annual Meeting 2006

May 6 | The UN: Will It Survive the New Century?

April 20 | The Challenge of Avian Flu Strategies for an Impending Pandemic

March 16 | 34 Million Friends

March 1 | Strengthening the Role of the UN in Development

February 16 | Global Engagement In Rule of Law and Capacity-Building

January 16 | Addressing the Emergency Needs of Schools in Namibia