UNA-USA's Global Leadership Dinner

The United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Association of the USA will celebrate the important work of the UN, the U.S.'s key support and the inspirational leaders who are working to advance peace, prosperity and justice here in the United States and throughout the world at our annual Global Leadership Dinner on October 16, 2012 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.

Annually one of the most impactful events in New York, the Global Leadership Dinner brings together a distinguished audience like no other, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Foundation Chairman Ted Turner.

This year's honorees include:

Johnson & Johnson, a global leader in human health care


Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair, International Commission of Inquiry for Syria

Variety, the entertainment industry's preeminent news organization

John C. Whitehead, former chairman, United Nations Association of the United States

Dr. Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director- General for the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Please join us as we celebrate progress toward the Secretary-General's key priorities including sustainable development through energy, ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals, and empowering women and young people everywhere. Event proceeds directly benefit UNA-USA and its signature Global Classrooms Model UN Program, which works with public schools systems in top U.S. cities to provide unparalleled education and leadership opportunities to underprivileged middle and high school students.