The United Nations Association of Russia (UNA-Russia) is a non-profit organization dedicated to building understanding of and support for the ideals and work of the United Nations in the Russian Federation.
| Founded | 1956 |
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| Location | |
Key people | Anatoly Torkunov[1] (current chairman) |
| Website | http://www.una.ru/ |
Founded as the United Nations Association of the Soviet Union (UNA-USSR) in 1956, the UNA-Russia affiliated with the World Federation of United Nations Associations, a global non-governmental movement which began in 1946 as a public movement for the United Nations.
The UNA-Russia's current chairman is diplomat Anatoly Torkunov, rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
References
edit- ^ United Nations Association of Russia. Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine World Federation of United Nations Associations: Member UNAs. Retrieved 7 March 2011.