The United Nations Association of the USA Appoints Nahela Hadi to Senior Vice President

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Nations Association of the United States of America today announced the appointment of Nahela Hadi to serve as Senior Vice President for the association, effective February 1, 2007. Ms. Hadi, formerly the Vice President for the association's Humanitarian Campaigns, has been instrumental in the development of the Adopt-A- Minefield(R) and HERO programs. During her tenure with the Humanitarian Campaigns department of the association, Hadi has raised more than $30 million to aid in efforts to clear landmines and provide assistance to landmine survivors through the Adopt-A-Minefield program, as well as provide school-based support to vulnerable children living in HIV/AIDS-affected communities in Africa through the association's HERO program.

"I am pleased to appoint Nahela Hadi to Senior Vice President for the United Nations Association of the USA. Nahela is a recognized leader in the field of humanitarian campaigns and has extensive knowledge and experience in formulating comprehensive fundraising, marketing and organizational development strategies that will continue to promote the association and its many programs throughout the country," stated William H. Luers, president of the United Nations Association of the USA. "Nahela has been a valuable part of the management team within the association and her work on behalf of our humanitarian campaigns has been first-rate. Her creativity and innovative approaches to seemingly intractable problems, often in some of the most difficult parts of the world to navigate, will serve her -- and the association -- well in her new role. In the role of Senior Vice President, she will be able to build even stronger and more effective programs that engage people across the country to support not only the mission of the association, but also to build stronger ties to support the work of the United Nations throughout the world."

As Senior Vice President for the United Nations Association for the USA, Hadi will be responsible for oversight of the association's humanitarian campaigns, fundraising, membership development, marketing, and communications functions. "This is an exciting opportunity to further strengthen and expand the organization as a whole," said Hadi. "The United Nations Association of the USA provides exciting and vibrant programs that deal with a wide breadth of global issues. How these issues impact America and Americans -- and how they are perceived at home and abroad, are of critical importance to us and to the international community. It's not just that the issues we deal with are the top stories of the day; it's that they are of critical importance to people here and to the lives of people around the globe. I am proud to work with a large team of dedicated and committed colleagues who believe we can communicate together across borders, whether here in the United States or internationally. I am honored to have been selected to lead this exciting effort."