World Federation of United Nations Associations

Organization's name: World Federation of United Nations Associations
Organization's acronym: WFUNA
Headquarters address  
Address: 801 1st Avenue, 3rd Floor, UNITAR Building
New York, NY 10017

United States of America
Phone: 1-212-963-5610
Fax: 1-212-963-0447
Email: info@wfuna.org
Web site: www.wfuna.org/
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Citizenship and Governance
  • Culture
  • De-mining
  • Development
  • Disarmament
  • Economics and Finance
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Extreme poverty
  • Financing for Development
  • Governance
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Information
  • International Law
  • International Security
  • Least Developed Countries
  • Micro-Credit
  • New Global Institutions
  • Peace and Security
  • Population
  • Refugees
  • Social Development
  • Statistics
  • Sustainable Development
  • Taxation Policy
  • Torture
  • Trade and Development
  • United Nations Reform
  • Values
  • Volunteerism
  • Water
  • Women
  • Youth

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Education and training of women
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
  • Research
  • The girl child
  • Trafficking in women and girls
  • Violence against women
  • Women and HIV/AIDS
  • Women and armed conflict
  • Women and health
  • Women and poverty
  • Women and the economy
  • Women and the environment
  • Women and the media
  • Women in power and decision-making

Sustainable Development:
  • Climate change
  • Education
  • Gender equality
  • Health
  • Partnerships
  • Poverty
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Thailand
  • Belgium
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • Mauritius
  • Armenia
  • Côte D'Ivoire
  • Mozambique
  • Comoros
  • Kenya
  • Lithuania
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Bulgaria
  • Pakistan
  • Czechia
  • Ethiopia
  • Sudan
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Finland
  • Republic of Korea
  • Luxembourg
  • Indonesia
  • Bhutan
  • Lebanon
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • North Macedonia
  • Belarus
  • Greece
  • Cambodia
  • Ireland
  • Nepal
  • Poland
  • Mexico
  • Sri Lanka
  • Ghana
  • Türkiye
  • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
  • Yemen
  • Dominican Republic
  • China
  • Malaysia
  • Egypt
  • Japan
  • South Africa
  • Cuba
  • Estonia
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Israel
  • Switzerland
  • Ecuador
  • France
  • Norway
  • Togo
  • Sweden
  • Serbia
  • Haiti
  • Nicaragua
  • Benin
  • Argentina
  • Peru
  • Guinea
  • Cameroon
  • India
  • Denmark
  • Liberia
  • Georgia
  • New Zealand
  • Afghanistan
  • Spain
  • Nigeria
  • Montenegro
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Slovakia
  • Suriname
  • Hungary
  • Bangladesh
  • Germany
  • Zambia
  • Cyprus
  • Uganda
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Austria
  • Chile
  • Albania
  • Barbados
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
  • United States of America
  • Latvia
  • Russian Federation
  • Singapore
  • Sierra Leone
  • Netherlands
  • Tunisia
  • Guatemala
  • Samoa
  • Brazil
  • Australia
  • Iceland
  • Burundi
  • Philippines
  • Italy
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1946
Year of registration (YYYY): 1947
Number and type of members: WFUNA has over 100 members, national United Nations Associations (UNAs) - connecting hundreds of thousands of people in every region of the world to the United Nations.

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Non-governmental organization