The United Nations Association of Rochester (UNAR), founded in 1945, is a non-profit organization and a local chapter of UNA-USA. The United Nations Association of Rochester is dedicated to strengthening the United Nations system and the role of the United States in that system, and to promoting multilateral efforts to advance the goals of the United Nations Charter. The United Nations Association of Rochester is dedicated to supporting, in the Greater Rochester area, the strengthening of the United Nations system and the role of the United States in that system, and to promoting multilateral efforts to advance the goals of the United Nations Charter, such as human rights and global peace.