CUUNA invites you to a free, upcoming talk with Sir Jeremy Greenstock!
See the details below or at our Facebook event page.

Who: Sir Jeremy Greenstock, former UK ambassador to the United Nations and chairman of the UNA-UK board of directors
What: A talk entitled “Is the UN Still Relevant in a Networked World?”
When: 10:30 am, Saturday, 11 February [...]

Dear all,
If you want to go on a trip to Geneva and see the UN Office there, READ ON! I am sure one of the main reasons for you joining CUUNA is to know more about how the UN works and to physically see their working environment. The trip to Geneva is the perfect chance [...]

After a productive meeting on Friday, please welcome your CUUNA/MUN committee for 2012:
President: Isabel Eichwede
Vice-President: Owain Richards
Secretary-General: Debayan Dasgupta
Treasurer: Joel Moss
Publicity Officer: Boaz Sobrado
Events Officer: Johnathan Zemlik
Debating Officer: Ingram Davidson

20th January, 7pm: As discussed last term, we will be merging with the CU Model United Nations this term to form a larger and more varied society focuced on the UN. This will be a meeting allowing us to explain all the new roles availible and the new constitution.
27 January, 7pm: ELECTIONS. The roles available [...]

Date: Mon 14 Nov (7:30-8:30pm)
Venue: Munby Room, King’s College
CUUNA will be hosting a drinks reception after the UN event at the Careers Centre with:

John Ericson (Head of Outreach, UN Secretarait, New York)
Lauren Canning (Human Resources Specialist, UNDP)
Steve Allen (Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, UNICEF)

It will be a great [...]

Senior Human Resources staff from various UN agencies will brief you on working for the UN – the variety of roles on offer; the type of people they need; the application process and the nationality-specific competitive exams.
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DRAFT PROGRAMME
3.15pm Babbage lecture room doors open
3.30-4.30pm Working for the UN – John Ericson, Head of Outreach, UN [...]

You can get involved by becoming a CUUNA College Rep. College Reps are at the heart of the CUUNA team. They assist the Campaigns Officer with the termly campaigns as well as helping with publicity, i.e putting up posters. It is a great way to get involved with the decision making process without a large [...]

CUUNA will be holding an emergency general meeting on the 8th November at 6pm in the Munby Room at King’s College.
The positions that are open for nomination are:
Campaigns Officer

Deputy Campaigns Officer

Treasurer

Social Secretary

Web Officer

Publicity Officer & Editor
For further details about what the roles entail please see the constitution.
If you are [...]

We encourage you to visit our stand to learn more about CUUNA and to become a member of one of the largest Cambridge University Societies. We are recruiting CUUNA College Representatives and we are promoting our annual Geneva Trip to the European UN headquarters. This is an exciting opportunity for students of Cambridge University [...]

The UN and Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century
By Glenn Edwards

Although Colonel Gaddafi’s fist remains clenched over the Libyan government and human rights remain trampled underfoot, the age-old historical question ‘What is to be done?’ has finally been answered.
On Thursday 17th March the United Nations issued resolution 1973. This has allowed for a [...]