Welcome to the Nashville chapter of the United Nations Association.
The Nashville chapter of the United Nations Association is a local chapter of UNA-USA, a national non-partisan, non-profit, organization devoted to building public support for constructive U.S. leadership in a more effective United Nations. Our chapter was formed in 1945, and claims to be the first in the nation.
Our members believe that the United Nations is essential to a world which is becoming small and increasingly interdependent. Violence, hunger, disease, pollution, poverty, illiteracy, and war impact all people on this planet. The UN is the international agency able to cross all boundaries and make our world more liveable through cooperation rather than confrontation.
Click here to download a PDF file about the United Nations.
Our chapter holds frequent seminars on current international issues, maintains an office to provide members and the community with information and material relating to the UN, hosts events celebrating UN Day and Human Rights Day, lobbies our legislators on support of the UN, both its budget and its programs, and promotes the UN in school and community events.
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Summer Meeting and Luncheon
The UN Charter: Blueprint for a Better World?
Featuring Ambassador Charles R. (Dick) Bowers
Belmont United Methodist Church
Community Center
21st Avenue South at Acklen
in Hillsboro Village
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Reception 11:30 a.m.
Luncheon 12:00 noon
Program 1:00 p.m.
Reservation Required
Call (615) 870-8446 or email
unausa-event@usa.net by noon,
Wednesday, August 18
Cost: $20.00 (student scholarships available)
(Persons canceling after August 18 are liable for the costs of their meals)Ambassador Bowers will discuss the United Nations Charter and explore the extent to which it remains relevant today, 65 years after its adoption in San Francisco. Charles R. (Dick) Bowers served as the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia from 1991 to 1994. He became a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service in 1967, and served as a diplomatic officer in the American embassies in Panama, Poland, Singapore and Germany He also served a number of tours of duty in the Department of State in several capacities, including as Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary for Management, Executive Director for the Bureau of European Affairs and special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1995. In 1996, after hiking the full length of the Appalachian Trail, he decided to make Tennessee his home and has lived in Nashville since 2006.
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