World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
Rebecca Medrano possesses extensive experience in international relations and policy analysis, currently serving as an Asylum Officer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since October 2019. Concurrently, Rebecca has worked with the World Federation of United Nations Associations as a Peace and Security Program Assistant since March 2018, where responsibilities included organizing UN events related to peace and security and managing donor relations. Previous roles also include internship positions focused on mass atrocity crimes at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and policy analysis at the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations. Rebecca holds a Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from The University of Tulsa.
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World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
The World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA) is a global nonprofit organization representing and coordinating a membership of over 100 national United Nations Associations (UNAs) and their thousands of constituents. Based at the United Nations in New York and in Geneva, we are the largest international network of people supporting and engaging with the United Nations. Guided by our vision of a United Nations that is a powerful force in meeting common global challenges and opportunities, WFUNA is a civil society organization that works to strengthen and improve the United Nations. We achieve this through the engagement of people who share a global mindset and support international cooperation – global citizens. The WFUNA Secretariat is currently led by Secretary-General Bonian Golmohammadi and his staff in New York, Geneva, and Seoul. The acting President of WFUNA is former president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez. WFUNA's programmatic areas cover the three pillars of the United Nations: - Peace & Security - Sustainable Development - Human Rights