Register Now for the New and Improved UU-UNO Spring Seminar Registration for theUnitarian Universalist Association United Nations Office is now open! The seminar, Arm in Arm: Interfaith Action to Disarm Our Planet, takes place in New York City April 5-8, 2017. Learn about international and local...

Every year on December 10th, the world celebrates Human Rights Day. It is the anniversary of the day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This year marks 68 years since these rights were acknowledged to belong inherently to every human being on Earth....

A troubling new initiative has just been proposed at the United Nations which threatens all human rights protection, but focused on sexual orientation/gender identity human rights. On Monday, the NGO Committee on Human Rights, of which I am a co-chair, met the newly appointed Assistant Secretary...

This guest post is from the Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network (UUPMN). It was written by Ann Lundberg, a member of UUPMN and of The Unitarian Church in Westport, CT. ...

The Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, minister of the Unitarian Church of Burundi, provides a reaction to the recent UN Human Rights report following their investigation into events in Burundi. Since April 2015, when people massively took to the streets to oppose a controversial third presidential term,...

Goals work. Lose weight, save money, set up a study schedule to improve grades. Set some goals and work towards achieving them and whether or not you achieve your goals, you’ll have improved performance over what would have been the case without goals.

This fall, Unitarian Universalists have a rare and profound opportunity for faith development when Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War airs on PBS on September 20, 2016. The 90-min. film tells the story of two WWII Unitarians who went into Nazi-occupied Europe to help hundreds escape.

Apply Before July 25 to Lead "Interfaith Action to End Armed Violence" Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office Intergeneratio… Spring Seminar takes on big issues on an international scale....

Panelists, audience voice strong support for Palestinians.

Four individuals share personal stories, discuss difficulty of the topic.

Concerned about ‘imbalanced’ debate, Rabbi Rick Jacobs challenged divestment resolution during GA’s Opening Celebration.

Long before we celebrated Mother’s Day with brunches and flower bouquets, Unitarian Julia Ward Howe wrote her Mother’s Day Proclamation to urge women across the world to unite in the cause of peacebuilding. Today, Unitarian Universalists continue that justice seeking tradition by joining Strong...

Long before Mother’s Day was celebrated with brunches and flower bouquets, Unitarian Julia Ward Howe wrote her Mother’s Day Proclamation to urge women across the world to join the cause of peacebuilding. Her words held a radical call to create peace that still resonates today: Our sons shall not...

Each year the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) hosts our Intergenerational Spring Seminar. Our 2016 theme was The Colors of Inequality: Costs and Consequences, looking at the intersection of income inequality and structural racism against people of African descent. Throughout...

Bruce Knotts chosen to lead executive committee of nongovernmental organizations associated with UN Department of Public Information.

UUA and its Common Endowment Fund are already adding a new human rights screen for investments.

Recently the Unitarian Church of Burundi was attacked and its minister, the Rev. Fulgence Ndagijimana, was arrested at gunpoint. We call upon the government of Burundi to immediately cease and desist the persecution of the Unitarian Church and its members.