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United Nations Association of Russia
The
United Nations Association
of Russia
is a
non-profit organization
dedicated
to building understanding of and support for the ideals and work of the
United Nations
in the
Russian Federation
.
Founded
as the
United
Nations
Association of the
Soviet Union
in 1956, the UNA-Russia
affiliated
with the
World Federation of United Nations Associations
, a global
non-governmental movement
which began in
1946
as a
public
movement
for
the United
Nations.
The UNA-Russia's current chairman is
diplomat
Anatoly Torkunov
, rector of
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
and member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences
.