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Dear Reader, Below we list the latest news and articles from our website related to international affairs and issues such as sustainable development. Read these stories and more, plus information about forthcoming events, by following the links below. You might also like the Coventry Climate Action Network website which we also maintain. Please check it out at https://covcan.uk/ Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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Following UNA Coventry Branch's participation in a volunteer fair at Coventry University, 20 volunteers have joined the branch and are planning a number of events this year including ones on: The history, current situation and UN's role in the war in Gaza Events on International Day of Peace 21 September A Question and Answer session with Coventry members of parliament …
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https://unacov.uk/audio/BBC-News-death-Navalny.wav This audio contains an interview with Michael McFaul, Professor of Political Science, Director of Freeman Spogli Institute & Hoover Senior Fellow all at Stanford University. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 2012-2014 and was a close friend of Navalny. He explained how he thought the West should react to his murder by Putin. It was first broadcast on …
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On World Social Justice Day, 20 February 2024, unpaid United Nations interns in Geneva, Nairobi, and New York mobilised demanding an end to unpaid internships. Unpaid internships represent one of the least examined youth labour trends of the past few decades, not just in the United Nations but in many parts of the labour market . While a more traditional apprenticeship …
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Marissa Conway, CEO of UNA-UK, writes: This February, UNA-UK invites you to stand in solidarity with UNRWA, the The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. In January, some staff members of UNRWA were accused of involvement in the 7 October Israel attack. Violence is never excusable and UNRWA immediately terminated those contracts. But there’s also a violence …
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Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is a community of people working together for peace, equality, and justice and against racism, occupation, and colonisation. It is the biggest organisation in the UK dedicated to securing Palestinian human rights. PSC brings people from all walks of life together to campaign for Palestinian rights and freedom. They believe that Israel’s flouting of international law, continued …
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On 15 January, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published updated analysis on the legality of the UK's agreement with Rwanda for the transferring of asylum seekers. UNHCR's updated analysis importantly finds that the new UK-Rwanda treaty signed in December and the accompanying Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill remain incompatible with international refugee law. The Government …
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On 23 January 2024, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders Michel Forst issued the following statement: On 10 – 12 January 2024, I made my first visit to the United Kingdom since I was elected as UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention in June 2022. During my visit I met with government officials and with environmental …
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You can now join UNA-UK as a member for £10 per year and stand with us in support of a strong, credible and effective UN. Over the last 18 months, UNA-UK has been engaged in an extensive process of reviewing our engagement structures - how our members, supporters, and network of UNA Groups interact with us as an organisation and contribute to the …
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On 6 March, just before International Women's Day, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) Coventry Branch will host a talk on Palestinian Women's Resistance: From the Nakba to the Genocide The speakers will be: Ashjan Ajour, Researcher in Sociology at the University of Leicester Nicola Pratt, Professor of International Politics of the Middle East at the University of Warwick The event will …
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The UN theme of International Women's Day on 8 March 2024 is Invest in women: Accelerate progress Take a stand using the hashtag #InvestInWomen Five key areas needing joint action: Investing in women, a human rights issue: Time is running out. Gender equality is the greatest human rights challenge, benefiting everyone. Ending poverty: Due to the COVID pandemic and conflicts, …
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NOTTSMUN 2024 will take place in Nottingham University Park Campus, from the 15th of March to the 17th of March. It will include five committees: DISEC, SOCHUM, SC, COP and Crisis. Just as last year, we will offer free tea and coffee to all the attendees. Prepare yourself for three exciting conference days with two socials and an unforgettable closing …
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The theme for World Water Day, 22 March 2024, is ‘Water for Peace’, which focuses on the critical role water plays in the stability and prosperity of the world. When water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal or no access, tensions can rise between communities and countries. More than 3 billion people worldwide depend on water that …
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3 June 2024 is the deadline for entries to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Essay Award for Young Economists. The aim of the award is to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade cooperation and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the academic community. The annual WTO Essay Award provides a prize of 5,000 Swiss Francs …
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Each year the International Day of Peace (IDP) is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire. Never has our world needed peace more. The theme for 2024 and other details will appear at https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace
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The world is not on track to meet the goals we have already set for ourselves. Nor are we effectively rising to new challenges or opportunities. The United Nations Summit of the Future, to be held from 22 to 23 September 2024, will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present …
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