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The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) is an international association of educational and research institutions and individual scholars, teachers, and practitioners active in the work and study of multilateral relations, global governance, and international cooperation. The Council focuses special attention on the programs and agencies of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations that play a role in managing common problems on the global agenda. After stints at Dartmouth, Brown, and Yale, the ACUNS Secretariat now resides at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.    Read More

News

Laurier economist presents acclaimed solution for fighting malnutrition (Video of Lecture)

Ideas and concepts are a main driving force in human progress, and they are arguably the most important contribution of the United Nations. The United Nations Intellectual History Project is filling this knowledge gap about the UN.

Call for applications for four post-doc positions on transnational actors, international institutions, and democracy in global governance at Lund University and the University of Stockholm. 

Programs and Activities

2009 Summer Workshop
"Global Public-Private Partnerships" 
July 20 to July 31, 2009
University of Alberta in Edmonton  

ACUNS 2009 Annual Meeting
"Small, Middle, and Emerging Powers in the UN System"
Trinidad & Tobago, June 4-6, 2009 
 

ACUNS Lecture Series
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60

Books by ACUNS Members
Each month, ACUNS.org features a recent scholarly book by an ACUNS member(s).

Please click here to view this month’s feature publications.

Global Governance

 

A refereed journal, published in association with ACUNS & Lynne Rienner Publishers.

To view or download current or past journals, please click here.

Call for Applications-New Editor/Editors 2009

Did You Know?

Trinidad and Tobago will host the 5th Summit of the Americas in April 2009 and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2009 in Port of Spain.