A new model for the reform of the UN Security Council
By Jule Goikoetxea

The UN’s most important executive organ is the Security Council (SC), whose reform has become a highly controversial issue over last decade. In this article I shall propose a new composition aimed at better satisfying the calls for an equitable representation and [...]

By Lorne Neudorf
As an intra-governmental body comprised of more than 190 member states, the United Nations (the “UN”) is the most prominent and broadly representative advocate of human rights in the world today.  The UN was designed following the Second World War as an institution to “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights” with a purpose [...]

“The Big Society: Rhetoric or Reality”
Baroness Blood MBE is a Labour Member of the House of Lords. The first  woman in Northern Ireland to gain a life peerage and seat in the House of  Lords, she has worked throughout her life as a celebrated trade union and  community activist. Her political interests include women’s issues, [...]

CUUNA is delighted to announce our first talk of 2011 by the Director of the Overseas Development Institute, Dr Alison Evans. She is an economist (and she completed her MPhil in Cambridge) specialising on poverty, public policy, institutional change and the role of international development assistance.
Her talk is titled: The countdown to 2015 and then [...]

We are proud to invite you all to our event marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this Thursday. We are hosting Steve Matthews from the White Ribbon campaign and Haliki Voolma, as well as screening a new documentary on rape in the Congo.
What? International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
When? Thursday [...]

Dear all CUUNA members and non-members,
Next week is  the Campaign week for CUUNA. The Campaign theme this year is “International day against violence against women”. We are very lucky to have representatives from the White Ribbon to come and speak to us on Thursday, 25th November. Venue and Time for the talk will be confirmed shortly.
We [...]

We are proud to invite you all to our next event of the term, a careers event open to CUUNA members only.
“Personal Reflections on working for the UN”
Date: Monday 8th November
Time: 4-5pm
Location: Judge Business School
CUUNA members only
In collaboration with the Cambridge University Careers Service, CUUNA bring you a range of UN employees, many with field experience, who will discuss [...]

The Cambridge University United Nations Association is proud to be hosting Sir Robert Worcester on Wednesday evening in King’s College, Keynes Hall. The Chairman and Founder of MORI (Market & Opinion Research International), he is the best known pollster in Britain and one of the most quoted political analysts in the world. He was made [...]

The Cambridge University United Nations Association would like to invite old and new, members and soon-to-be-members to our fascinatingly exciting squash this Monday. If you ant to know more about CUUNA and what we do you should come to the Munby Room in King’s College (the one with the very big chapel). We have even [...]

Representatives from the CUUNA committee will be at stall C17 during the whole of Tuesday the 5th and Wednesday the 6th of this week. Come and chat to us about CUUNA and the UN. We have a very exiting term planned!
More info from CUSU: http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/