Swedish Association of International Affairs

Swedish Association of International Affairs (SAIA) (Swedish: Utrikespolitiska Förbundet Sverige (UFS)) is an umbrella organization for the associations of international affairs that can be found at most of the major university cities in Sweden and has a total of 13 member organizations. The main focus of its member organizations is the furthering of debate of international issues at the respective universities through lectures with politicians, diplomats, academics, activists, and others.[1]

History

The first member organization of UFS, the Uppsala Student Association for the League of Nations, was founded in 1925. Together with the other three original member associations at Gothenburg University, Lund University, and Stockholm University, it founded Sweden's Academic Association for the League of Nations, which in turn was part of the International University Federation of the League of Nations (IUFLN). However, in 1935, the Swedish branch left IUFLN and with its renaming into the Swedish Academic Association for Foreign Affairs (SAFU) in 1939, the break-off was completed. With the outbreak of World War II, both the local and the umbrella organizations were dissolved. After the war, they were founded anew, this time under an umbrella organization of the United Nations (UN). However, this organization was vacated in the mid-1980s. In 1997, a new umbrella organization was created by five associations under the name of Sweden's Foreign-Policy Associations and in 2007, it was renamed into the Swedish Association of International Affairs.[2]

Member organizations

Chairpersons

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Utrikespolitiska förbundet Sverige (n.d.). "Om oss". Utrikespolitiska förbundet. Utrikespolitiska förbundet Sverige. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  2. ↑ Utrikespolitiska förbundet Sverige (n.d.). "Vår historia". Utrikespolitiska förbundet. Utrikespolitiska förbundet Sverige. Retrieved 2016-01-23.


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