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Here is the mission of UNA-USA from the Chapter Handbook:
UNA-USA’s Mission:
We are dedicated to educating, inspiring and mobilizing Americans to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations and to strengthen the UN system. UNA-USA encourages U.S. leadership to work constructively through the United Nations and encourages everyone to achieve the goals of the United Nations Charter. Through our chapters and programs, UNA-USA educates the American public about the invaluable work of the United Nations, raises funds and carries out local activities related to the United Nations, and recruits, engages, and retains members around the country.
And here is from our bylaws:
2.2 Purpose
The Chapter shall carry on educational and informational activities to ensure that the United States of America has the ability to cooperate to the fullest extent practicable with the United Nations.
a. General Purpose
The United Nations Association of the United States of America is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing people to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations, strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals of the United Nations.
b. Specific Function
The Chapter will:
1. Support UNA-USA and the United Nations in promoting world peace through advocacy and education while keeping alive the unique role and memory of the City of San Francisco in the founding of the United Nations.
2. Cooperate with other UNA-USA chapters, especially in the UNA-USA’s Mid Pacific Region
3. Support UNA-USA/UNF/BWF and their national initiatives
4. As possible, be aware of and coordinate with WFUNA initiatives
5. Support the objectives of the UN Charter and the wider role of the UN as it has developed since 1945.
My suggestion is that we rework the General Purpose slightly and take that plus something about San Francisco's role as our Mission Statement:
- The San Francisco Chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA is dedicated to educating, inspiring, and mobilizing people to support the principles and vital work of the United Nations, strengthening the United Nations system, promoting constructive United States leadership in that system, and achieving the goals of the United Nations. It is also the Chapter's particular mission to keep alive the unique role and memory of the City of San Francisco in the founding of the United Nations.
