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Member Associations

1. Austria – UNYSA-Austria-AFA

2. Finland – UNYA Finland

3. Germany – JUNON

4. Norway – UNSA Norway

5. Romania – UNYA Romania

6. Russia – UNA Russia-Tyumen Youth Section

7. Serbia – UNA Serbia Youth Section

8. Slovenia – UNA Slovenia Youth Section

9. Spain – UNA Spain Youth Section

10. Switzerland – UNYA Switzerland

11. Turkey – UNA Turkey Youth Section

United Nations Youth and Student Association of Austria
  • Akademisches Forum für Aussenpolitik – Hochschulliga für die Vereinten Nationen (AFA)
  • postal adress: Johannesgasse 2/2/32, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
  • year of establishment: 1991
  • age limit for membership: 35
  • number of members: 4500
  • main aim: promoting ideals and goals of the United Nations, education of youth
  • main projects: VIMUN, debating clubs, lectures
  • important national cooperations: Foreign Ministry of Austria, UNOV, UNIS

United Nations Youth and Students’ Association of Finland
  • Suomen Nuorten ja Opiskelijoiden YK-liitto (SYKLI ry)
  • postal adress: P.O. Box 93, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
  • year of establishment: 1967
  • number of members: 6 organizations
  • main aim: support the member organizations in their work “on the field”, implement one or two national campaigns on UN related topics per year, offer support to the Finnish Youth Delegate to the UNGA
  • main projects: Dump a Sock (with UNA Sweden)
  • important national cooperations: Ministry of Education and Culture, UNA, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Department for Development Policy)

United Nations Youth Association Germany
  • Junges UNO-Netzwerk Deutschland
  • postal adress: Zimmerstraße 26/27, 10969 Berlin, Germany
  • year of establishment: 2004
  • age limit for membership: different for every member association
  • number of members: 29
  • main aim: According to its constitution the aims of UNYA Germany are education and the promotion of international understanding and cooperation. These aims are realised by networking and cooperation between its member organisations, encouraging enthusiasm of young people for the United Nations, spreading knowledge about this international organisation and strengthening the commitment for the idea of the United Nations. Thereby UNYA Germany promotes international understanding and cooperation, as well as the aims of the Charter of the United Nations.
  • main projects: lecture series, Model United Nations, summer schools, hosting UN exhibitions (it depends on the member organizations), NGO-Conference, project management workshops, research colloquium
  • important national cooperations: UNA Germany

United Nations Student Association Norway 
  • FN-studentene Norge
  • postal adress: c/o FN-sambandet. Storgata 33A, 0184 Oslo, Norway
  • year of establishment: 2009
  • age limit for membership: no age limit
  • number of members: 100 individual, 6 associations
  • main aim: promote the values of the UN Charter and the Human Rights Declarations, improve attention to international relations and the UN
  • main projects: Norway MUN
  • important national cooperations: UNA-Norway, The Norwegian Children and Youth Council.

UNA-Russia, Tyumen Youth Section
  • Тюменское молодежное отделение Российской ассоциации содействия ООН (ТМО РАС ООН)
  • postal adress: 6 Volodarskogo St, Tyumen, RUSSIA 625000
  • year of establishment: 2008
  • age limit for membership: 30
  • number of members: 50
  • main aim: enhancing intercultural competences, raising awareness of global issues
  • main projects: Tyumen High-School Model UN, Tyumen Student Model UN, Summer School on Global Studies, Photo and Essay Competition on intercultural experience, Global Classroom, UN program in New York City, International Youth Forum on Intercultural Dialogue
  • important national cooperations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Universities, Federal Agency for Youth Policy, foreign embassies, United Nations Information Centre in Moscow

United Nations Association of Serbia – Youth Section
  • UDRUŽENJE ZA UJEDINJENE NACIJE SRBIJE – OMLADINSKA SEKCIJA
  • postal adress: Makedonska 22/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
  • year of establishment: 1990
  • age limit for membership: 29
  • number of members: about 1300
  • main aim: promotion of ideals and support for the goals and activities of the United Nations
  • main projects: “UN Week”, “MDGs – Peer education in schools”, “Belgrade International Model UN”, “Human rights education”, “Tolerance Week”, “World heritage in young hands”,”Education for Sustainable Development and Climate Change”, “Intercultural youth exchange”
  • important national cooperations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Youth, National Youth Council, Belgrade City Hall etc.

United Nations Association of Slovenia – Youth Section
  • Društvo za Združene narode za Slovenijo – Mladinska sekcija
  • postal adress: Cankarjeva 1/II, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • year of establishment: 2011
  • age limit for membership: 15-29
  • number of members: approx. 160
  • main aim: encouraging youth interest in global issues, broadening youth knowledge of UN, its activities, goals and principles, encouraging youth participation and active citizenship, enabling the youth to take part in informal education, encouraging youth voluntarism, encouraging intergenerational cooperation, supporting research activities of the youth in the field of UN, cooperating, with the
    authorization of UNAS , with other organizations and associations at home and abroad
  • main projects: Millennium campaign, campaign of students against nuclear weapons, UN workshops at primary and secondary schools, promotion of peace campaign
  • important national cooperations: UNA Slovenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Slovenian National
    Commission for UNESCO, US Embassy in Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences – University of Ljubljana, National Educational Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Sloga Platform – platform of humanitarian and development NGOs

United Nations Association of Spain – Youth Section
  • Asociación para las Naciones Unidas en España – Sección de jóvenes
  • postal adress: C/ Fontanella, 14, 1º 1ª, Spain
  • year of establishment: 2003
  • age limit for membership: not established officially, around 35
  • number of members: 3 permanent members, plus different number of interns (university students)
    depending on the moment of the year
  • main aim: enhancing youth international activities, raising awareness of UN principles
    through a young perspective, motivating intercultural youth exchange
  • main projects: CMUN, The young Alliance Civilization Forum (2006), Capacity Building Workshops (2007 –
    2008), Leadership Workshop (2009), MDG’s Project Management Workshop (2010), CMUN Special Meeting on Human
    Rights in Europe (2008), CMUN Special Meeting – East-West
    Dialogue in Casa Asia ( 2006 – 2010)
  • important national cooperations: Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Barcelona Town hall, Government of Catalonia (Generalitat), Provincial Council of Barcelona

United Nations Youth Association Switzerland
  • Jugend UNO Netzwerk Schweiz (JUNES)
  • postal adress: JUNES, c/o Philine Frei, Tramstrasse 91, CH-4132 Muttenz BL, Switzerland
  • year of establishment: 2007
  • number of members: 300 (from 10 different member organizations)
  • main aim: cooperation between Swiss youth organizations engaged in the field of the United Nations, use of synergies, awareness rising for questions related to the UN and generally international issues among young people
  • main projects: JUNESMUN: yearly UN simulation in February, ISYFUN (Intra-Swiss Youth Forum United Nations): visit to the UN in Geneva and the ICRC museum, conferences on current debates at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human
    Rights, other UN and MUN workshops, MUN simulations at grammar schools
  • important national cooperations: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Swiss National Youth Council (SNYC)

United Nations Association of Turkey – Youth Section
  • BİRLEŞMİŞ MİLLETLER TÜRK DERNEĞİ GENÇLİK KOLU
  • postal adress: Atatürk Bulvarı No: 223/7 Kavaklıdere/Çankaya 06680, Ankara, Turkey
  • year of establishment: 2007
  • number of members: 350
  • main aim: providing information about the position of Turkey in the world diplomacy and its attitude towards other states and international organizations, spreading the aims of the United Nations around Turkey
  • main projects: GenÇevre ( Series of seminars
    and workshops about global warming), publishing the magazine of the UNATR twice a year, Human Rights Weekend, Listening Library (a project for visually handicapped people), some exchange projects
  • important national cooperations: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey