9 March 2010
Executive Director Sam Daws announces his decision to move on after six years at the helm of UNA-UK

At UNA-UK's Annual General Meeting on 6 March 2010, UNA-UK Executive Director Sam Daws announced that in September 2010 he would be moving on to a new challenge after six years in this role. In his speech, Sam told the AGM what a privilege it had been to serve the Association in this capacity, and that he wanted to warmly thank UNA-UK’s members, supporters and partners for their support and encouragement over the last five and a half years.

Sam is moving on to become a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, where he will direct a project on UN governance and reform. He hopes to go on to establish a broader policy research institute on the UN, with a particular focus on giving a voice to UN practitioners and scholars from the developing world, and building links to other leading centres in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

Click here for an edited copy of Sam's speech to the AGM