United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City
Updated Feb. 8, 2009
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United Nations Association of the United States of America
Greater Oklahoma City Chapter
P.O. Box 60856
Oklahoma City, OK   73146-0856
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Projects and Programs
Sponsored by UNA-OKC

Our chapter is actively involved in supporting many projects and activities for the benefit of
our community.  

Some examples are:

<>  Adopt-A-Minefield

Adopt-A-Minefield® is a program of the United Nations Association of the USA, which
engages individuals, community groups, and businesses in the United Nations effort to
resolve the global landmine crisis. The Campaign helps save lives by raising funds for
mine clearance and survivor assistance and by raising awareness about the landmine
problem.

The idea behind Adopt-A-Minefield® is both powerful and simple. Designed to move
beyond the political and policy debates typically associated with banning the use of
landmines, the Campaign provides a practical solution to the tens of millions of mines
that contaminate the world and to the countless survivors of landmine accidents.

The newest emphasis of the Adopt-A-Minefield program is the global campaign for
ratification of the international Convention on Cluster Munitions.  

For more information, see our
Adopt-A-Minefield” page … click here.

<>  Advocacy

Each year, our chapter works to promote the advocacy goals of our national organization.  
These goals include: (1) Calling for the United Nations to be closely involved in Iraq’s
political transition to democratic self-governance; (2) Educating the public and our elected
officials about the UN’s Millennium Development Goals; (3) Pushing for on-time payment
of U.S. dues to the UN regular budget and peacekeeping operations; and (4) Supporting
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

For more information, see our
“Advocacy” page … click here.

<>  High School Essay Contest

Since 1986, the National High School Essay Contest on the United Nations has inspired
students to engage global issues and the work of the U.N. through scholarship and
critical thinking. Each year, UNA-USA publishes a topic and question of particular
importance to the international community. Students then conduct research and write a
response to the question, based not only on the information they have found, but also on
their own views and opinions.

The purpose of the essay contest is not to summarize or evaluate the work of scholars,
thinkers, government officials or authors. Instead, UNA-USA asks students to use these
resources to structure their own arguments and reach their own conclusions.

It is our hope that as students are introduced to new issues or asked to think critically
about issues they have discussed in the classroom, they will be better prepared to
confront difficult questions in the future, when they have taken up the responsibility of
leadership themselves.

To read more about our contest
… click here.

<>  Speaker's Bureau

Members of our local chapter are available to speak to local groups, classes, and
organizations.  For more information
 … email us.

<>  UN Day Celebration

Each year, our chapter celebrates the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.  
UN Day is celebrated worldwide on October 24th.  

For more information, see our
“UN Day” page … here.
The United Nations  
Association is a not-for-
profit, 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.  
As a local chapter of the
nation's largest
grassroots foreign policy
organization, the UN
Association of Greater
OKC offers Oklahomans
the opportunity to
connect with issues
confronted by the UN --
from global health and
human rights to the
spread of democracy,
equitable development
and international justice.