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Abbreviation
  
ACUNS

Parent organization
  
United Nations

Legal status
  
Active

Website
  
acuns.org

Academic Council of the United Nations System

Formation
  
June 1987 (at conference held at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)

Headquarters
  
Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) was founded in June 1987 at a conference held at the American Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, with the purpose to create a new organization to stimulate and support research and teaching on the role of the United Nations.

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UN status

The council has a Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council, and non-governmental-organization-affiliate status with the UN Department of Public Information. It is possible for council members to be registered to attend meetings organized by UN specialized agencies, the UN Secretariat and other UN bodies.

Membership

Since its creation, the council has grown significantly into an organization of nine hundred individual and institutional members based in over fifty countries from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, all with different interests but sharing a common commitment to the values expressed in the United Nations Charter.

Operations

The council holds annual meetings, summer workshops as well as special conference, workshops and seminars, and helps bring together researchers, teachers, practitioners, and all other interested individuals interested in issues of international relations, international organizations and global governance.

Board of Directors

  • Abiodun Williams, Chair
  • Christer Jönsson, Past-Chair
  • Roger Coate, Vice-Chair
  • Rama Mani, Vice-Chair
  • Hugh Dugan
  • Mary Farrell
  • Kirsten Haack
  • Sukehiro Hasegawa
  • Melissa Labonte
  • Lise Morjé Howard
  • Jan Wouters
  • Headquarters

    Its secretariat is based at the Canadian Wilfrid Laurier University, located in Waterloo, Ontario.

    Website

    The Council's website is www.acuns.org

    References

    Academic Council of the United Nations System Wikipedia