Internal Organization
ISA-United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945. It currently has 193 Member States. The UN is guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
The International Sociological Association (ISA), founded in 1949 under the auspices of UNESCO, is a non-profit association for scientific purposes. It is associated as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) with the UN Department of Global Communications and has NGO consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
ISA Representatives to the United Nations are appointed by the ISA Executive Committee.
ISA Representatives at the United Nations for 2018-2023:
Two Senior Representatives:
- Rosemary Barberet, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA
- Jan Marie Fritz, University of Cincinnati, USA, and University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Three Youth Representatives:
- Ragi Bashonga, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (until 2022)
- Sebastián Galleguillos Agurto, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, USA
- Dimitra Laurence Larochelle, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, France