World Council of Arameans (Syriacs), earlier known as Syriac Universal Alliance, was founded in 1983 in New Jersey

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, USA. It is an ethnic Syriac Aramean umbrella organization for the people who call themselves Arameans and for all organizations who identify themselves as Arameans all around the world.

The High Council of the SUA

• President: : Johny Messo (The Netherlands)
• Vice-President: Daniel Gabriel (Australia
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• General Secretary: Philip Hanna (Australia
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• Chief Financial Officer: Daniel Aksan (The Netherlands/United Kingdom
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• Director of Culture: Sabo Hanna (Germany
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• Public Relations, Communiction and Media Director: Simon Marogi (Germany
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• Public Relations, Communiction and Media Deputy Director: Barum Mrad (Switzerland
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Mission

"The Syriac Universal Alliance is dedicated to answer the call to protect and secure the rights, liberty and equality of the Aramean people, safeguard and promote the cultural heritage of its ancestors, ensuring justice, and uniting all its people as a self‐determined and internationally recognized Aramean nation."

Members of the SUA

The current Member Federations and Associations of SUA are:

• Syriac Federation of Sweden
• Syriac Association of Australia
• Aramaic Association of America
• Aramean Federation of Belgium
• Syriac Association of Vienna, in Austria
• Aramean (Syriac) Federation of Holland
• Aramean (Syriac) Federation of Germany
• Aramean (Syriac) Federation of Switzerland
• Aramean Association of the United Kingdom

Countries from which new Member Organizations may join SUA in 2011-2012 are:

• India
• Syria
• Israel
• Turkey
• Jordan
• Lebanon

External links

• Syriac Universal Alliance - Official site
• SUA Youth Academy - Official Youth Division