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src="https://acuns.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ACUNS-President-Lise-Howard-Vice-President-Gabriel-Amvane-and-Admin-Coordinator-Filip-Savatic-meeting-in-Paris-on-3-October-2020.jpg" alt="ACUNS President Lise Howard, Vice President, Gabriel Amvane, and Admin Coordinator, Filip Savatic, meeting in Paris on 3 October 2020"/><div class="eihe-caption" style="background: rgba(0,0,0,0.58);"><div class="eihe-title-cover"><h3 class="eihe-title"></h3> </div><p style="font-size: 15px;"><em>Photo: Members of the new ACUNS team, from left to right, Admin Coordinator Filip Savatic, President Lise Howard, and Vice President Gabriel Amvane</em></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div></div></div> <div class="alignfull wp-block-ugb-columns ugb-columns ugb-8b62f09 ugb-columns--design-plain ugb-columns--columns-2 ugb-main-block ugb--hide-tablet ugb--hide-mobile"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-8b62f09.ugb-columns{padding-right:0px !important;padding-left:0px 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Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd</em></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div class="wp-block-ugb-column ugb-column ugb-999a897 ugb-column--design-plain ugb-main-block"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-999a897.ugb-column{margin-bottom:0px !important;padding-top:15px !important;padding-right:35px !important;padding-left:35px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px) and (max-width:1025px){.ugb-999a897.ugb-column{padding-right:20px !important;padding-left:20px !important}}.ugb-999a897 > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{justify-content:center !important}</style><div class="ugb-inner-block"><div class="ugb-block-content"><div class="ugb-column__item ugb-999a897-column-wrapper"><div class="ugb-column__content-wrapper"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">OUR PURPOSE</h2> <p>ACUNS unites people active in the work and study of the UN, in order to better understand and address major global problems.</p> <div class="wp-block-ugb-button ugb-button-wrapper 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