UNA-UK and Parliament

UNA-UK serves as the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the United Nations (UN APPG).

The purpose of the UN APPG is to raise awareness among MPs and peers about the UN, its contributions across the areas of peace and security, development and human rights and, crucially, about the relevance of the UN to the lives of the British electorate.

The UN APPG currently has 54 members. It is led by a group of six parliamentarians who serve as officers with an impressive history of experience with both the UN and international issues more broadly. Click here to view profiles of the officers and a list of those parliamentarians that are registered members of the group.

For further information about the UN APPG, contact Mark Rusling on 020 7766 3459 or rusling (at) una.org.uk

What is an APPG?

All-party groups are informal and unofficial groupings of parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament. Although All-Party Parliamentary Groups have no formal role within government policy-making, they perform a useful role in functioning as pressure groups, drawing attention to certain issues and working to keep the government informed of parliamentary opinion.

All-party groups – of which there are currently over 300 – vary widely in focus, ranging from beer and cricket, to war crimes, overseas development and human rights.