“We the Peoples…” these, the opening words of the UN Charter, offer the hope of a world organization that is not simply a community of nations, but a community of peoples and of individuals. The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) works to make that vision a reality. UNA-Canada is a national non-profit organization promoting UN programmes and activities within Canada. The Association offers individual Canadians a window into the work of the UN, and a channel through which to become engaged in the critical international issues affecting us all. As the United Nations struggles to reform itself to deal with a new array of emerging global problems, the Association strives to foster an understanding of what the UN is and where it is going. By creating links between the work of the UN and the lives of Canadians, UNA-Canada is helping to build a better United Nations.