United Nations Youth & Student Association of the UK

UNYSA: the youth of UNA-UK

UNYSA-UK is the youth wing of the United Nations Association of the UK. Operating across the UK, we work to further the aims and ideals of the United Nations. UNYSA-UK aims to build a greater role for young people in global governance and to ensure that the UN hears what young people have to say!

UNYSA members are actively involved in campaigning about global issues, raising awareness about the role of the UN, lobbying the government on key international concerns and educating young people about UN ideals and issues. Members are committed volunteers who act on the basis of goodwill. Find out more about us!

To view our map of UNYSA branch locations across the UK, click here or on the button.
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J8 Project

UNYSA Supports UNICEF's J8 project, giving young people the opportunity to communicate their concerns on intrnational issues to world leaders meeting at G8 summits. Click here for more details.


Latest news: UNYSA Annual Conference

UNYSA held its annual conference in Birmingham on the 8th March at Birmingham University's European Research Institute. The event was a huge sucess with over 90 members attending to hear talks from Peter Kessler, the UN Refugee Agency’s Senior External Affairs Officer in the UK, and Professor Sir Richard Jolly, a former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF. Students were given the chance to learn about campaigning and LSE UNYSA won an award for best branch. To view a programme of the event, please click here. To read Youth Council Secretary, Marek Zaremba-Pike's account of the conference, click here.

To view more photos on flickr, please click on the image below:

New members of the UNYSA Youth Council were elected. The new Council members are:

President: Marco Moraes
Secretary: Marek Zaremba-Pike
Campaigns Officer: Tuuli Hongisto
Education Officer: Avnish Raichura
Model UN Officer: Faizan Bhat

We would like to congratulate the members of the 2007-8 Youth Council for all their hard work and we would like to thank all those who attended the conference. We hope to see you again next year!

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Join UNYSA today!

If you are a student or under the age of 26, then you can join UNYSA-UK. Visit our membership page which gives you all the information you need to become a member!
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