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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. United Nations Working Group

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Committee on the United Nations (1974-2015)

 Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/773
Identifier: QM-Phy-773
Overview The Committee on the United Nations was formed at the beginning of 1974 to “create, among Friends and people within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting area generally, greater support for the UN and stronger concern for the problems the UN was designed to meet.” It began as a subcommittee of the Peace Committee, but in 1982 was made into a full committee. The committee published a newsletter, made presentations to schools and churches, and sponsored the Model UN Convention for Friends Schools....
Dates: 1974-2001