Greater Lansing United Nations Association

Greater Lansing United Nations Association The Greater Lansing United Nations Association is actively committed to the cause of international peace, cooperation and justice. Not yet a UNA-USA member?

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This is the Official United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) Greater Lansing Chapter page. The Greater Lansing Chapter is part of the UNA-USA network, with 180 chapters and more than 20,000 members across the United States. UNA-USA is a grassroots movement dedicated to inform, inspire, and mobilize the American people to support the ideals and vital

work of the United Nations. For more than 70 years, UNA-USA and its supporters have stood at the forefront of building American support for the UN. Together with its sister organization, the Better World Campaign, UNA-USA represents the largest network of advocates and supporters of the UN in the world. UNA-USA is a nonpartisan organization. Join us in protecting the vital work of the United Nations at unausa.org/join. When you become a member of UNA-USA, you are joining 20,000 Americans who take an active role in supporting the work of the United Nations in their local communities. You’ll engage on critical UN priorities, such as the environment, human rights, health, and development. UNA-USA members receive exclusive invitations to high-level online briefings from UN staff members and leading outside experts, annual Leadership Summits in Washington, D.C., with a day on Capitol Hill, and yearly full-day conferences at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Students under 25 years old can join for free. Join us in advocating on behalf of the United Nations by seeing our advocacy priorities and resources at unausa.org/advocacy. The Greater Lansing United Nations Association strives to foster a friendly and informative online experience for all members of the Facebook community. Therefore, content and comments on this page that contain any of the following are not allowed and will be removed:
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08/12/2026

**Celebrating International Day of Peace during September 21-October 24** _______________________________________________________________________ **COORDINATED BY GREATER LANSING UNITED NATIONS AS…

08/02/2026

Wildfires are often associated with the destruction they leave behind, but the smoke they produce can pose a serious health threat far beyond the fire zone, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.

Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future
07/28/2026

Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future

The phone in your hand runs on minerals most people can't name - bu...

Demand for critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper is growing rapidly as countries expand clean energ...
07/28/2026

Demand for critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper is growing rapidly as countries expand clean energy and electric vehicle production.

Learn how the UN is working to ensure mining of these minerals creates jobs, protects the environment, and benefits the people who live there.

The world's shift to clean energy is driving huge demand for critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and copper.

Critical minerals power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, but in some parts of the world they've also fu...
07/28/2026

Critical minerals power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles, but in some parts of the world they've also fueled conflict and instability.

Can these same resources become a force for peace and prosperity instead?

https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/1167995

The Security Council met Wednesday in New York to debate critical minerals — the lithium, cobalt and copper powering the clean energy transition. Demand is set to triple by 2030. The question: will this mineral wealth build peace and prosperity, or fund conflict and corruption? Follow live updates...

For decades, the UN was required to return money it never actually received. A new financial reform is changing that...
07/05/2026

For decades, the UN was required to return money it never actually received. A new financial reform is changing that...

The United Nations has overhauled a decades-old “Kafkaesque financial rule” that requires it to return unspent funds to Member States - even when those funds had never been deposited in the first place.

View our latest program The Future of UN Peacekeeping, with Ronald Quejas-Risdon and Arthur Sessink!
07/01/2026

View our latest program The Future of UN Peacekeeping, with Ronald Quejas-Risdon and Arthur Sessink!

As global conflicts grow more complex and funding for UN peacekeepi...

Wars are growing more complex. International cooperation is under strain. And the resources available for peacekeeping c...
06/23/2026

Wars are growing more complex. International cooperation is under strain. And the resources available for peacekeeping continue to shrink.

What does that mean for the future of UN peacekeeping?

Join the Greater Lansing United Nations Association for a discussion with Arthur Sessink and Ronald Quejas-Risdon, who will draw on decades of experience with United Nations missions around the world to explore the challenges facing peacekeeping operations today.

The Future of UN Peacekeeping: Managing a Future of Rising Complexity & Chronic Underfunding

June 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
6:30 PM
East Lansing Public Library or online via Zoom

Everyone is welcome!
Learn more: gluna.org/event/peacekeeping

06/19/2026

Reminder: Lansing's next drive-through mobile food distribution event in partnership with the Greater Lansing Food Bank will take place this Saturday, June 20, 2026, at the Tabernacle of David Church, 2645 W. Holmes Road, Lansing 48911.

Vehicles may start lining up at 7 am. Food distribution will run from 9-11 am, or while supplies last.

For more information, please visit: https://www.lansingmi.gov/274/Food-Assistance.

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