The Structure of the Danish UN Association
The National Congress
The highest authority in UNA Denmark is the National
Congress held every other year. During the Congress the members of
the Council, the Board and the Executive Committee are elected.
Moreover, the planned activities for UNA Denmark for the next two
years are approved in this forum.
The Council
The Council watches the implementation of the planned
activities. The Council has 26 members and holds normally two
annual meetings.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of the President, the
Vice President , the Treasurer and two additional members. In
co-operation with the Secretary General the Executive Committee is
responsible for the day-to-day work of the Danish UNA.
The Board
The Board has the overall responsibility for the politics,
activities and finances of UNA Denmark. This means that the
Board
- passes the annual budget
- appoints committees and working groups
- processes and approves activity plans
- is in charge of the general priorities and financial
dispositions
- approves the admission of new corporate members
The Board consists of the members of The Executive Committee as
well as 12 other member selected by the Congress. Representatives
of the local committees and lobby groups of the UNA may join the
meetings of the Board as observers.
How the work is organized
The key political priorities are:
Conflict prevention and resolution and peace building -
including the principle of R2P and use of the Tribunal
Human Rights
- Follow the development in the UN Human Rights Council,
including the preparation of anti-racism conference Durban II
- Aliens Politics - Danish immigration policy under UN
microscope
- National minority rights - including the formation of
democratic states
The Millennium Development Goals, particularly sustainable
development and COP15
Civil societys participation in multilateral negotiating fora
Continued reform of the UN
At present the Board has set up provisional working groups
on:
Peace and conflict resolution / research R2P and emergency
movement across borders and non-proliferation
Danish immigration policy under UN microscope
Human Rights with focus on developments in the UN Human Rights
Council, including the Durban 2
Continuing reform of the UN: compilation and updating of existing
policy papers
Dialog Group to reflect and coach in relation to the website,
newsletter, Facebook, etc.
District Committees
The District Committees are the manifestation of UNA
Denmark as a nationwide organisation and they are made up of
independent groups of UNA Denmark's members in - currently -
Copenhagen. The District Committees receive funding from UNA
Denmark, but over and above that they are independent units with
their own boards of directors elected locally. Such Boards meet
regularly and they arrange discussion groups, conferences and other
UN-related activities.
Corporate member organisations
In addition to the individual members, UNA Denmark also
has approx. 55 member organisations. The corporate organisations
make up a network consisting of a broad representation of political
parties, trade unions, educational organisations, youth and women
organisations, humanitarian organisations and internationally
oriented organisations. Representatives from the corporate member
organisations are elected for half of the seats in the Assembly of
Delegates.
The Parliamentary Group
A group of members of Parliament made up by members from
all the political parties represented in Parliament is affiliated
with UNA Denmark. Hence the aim of this cross-political
parliamentary group is to strengthen the debate on UN issues in
Parliament, and thus makes up part of the political foundation of
UNA Denmark.
WFUNA/WFM
UNA Denmark is member of two international coalitions.
WFUNA, (World Federation of United Nations Associations) and WFM
(World Federalist Movement) that combined make up a network in more
than one hundred countries. UNA Denmark is in consultative status
of UN DPI.
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