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Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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Recent Articles

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Israeli to ban all contact with UNRWA

On 28 October the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) voted to declare the UN relief and works agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) a terrorist group and banned any direct interaction between it and the Israeli state. The Knesset banned the agency, which operates in Israel according to a 1967 treaty, from conducting “any activity” or providing any service inside …

UNRWA

UNRWA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees in the Agency’s area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. UNRWA operates in the West Bank, including East …

Palestinian ambassador address to Oxford Union

The video below shows an address by His Excellency Dr Husam Said Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, to the Oxford Union on 14 October 2024. Dr Zomlot paints a chilling picture of the current human catastrophe in the Gaza Strip where over 100,000 Palestinians are expected to have been killed or died of diseases untreated …

2024 UN Emissions Gap Report

The world is currently heading towards a catastrophic temperature rise of 3.1C, a report from the UN environment programme (UNEP) has found. As climate impacts intensify globally, the Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! finds that the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal will be gone within a few years unless nations deliver dramatically stronger ambition and action …

Find Intercultural Conversation Participant

UNA Coventry are offering prizes of up to £125 by simply talking to someone from a different cultural background and sending us a report of what you learned from sharing knowledge about your two cultures on or before 13 November 2024. To find out more visit the Intercultural Conversation project page. If you don't know anyone from a different culture …

Tom Fletcher appointed to UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

On 9 October 2024 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Tom Fletcher of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). He succeeds Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom to whom the Secretary-General is deeply grateful for his outstanding work, dedicated service and long-standing commitment …

UN & Lebanon Appeal for Urgent Humanitarian Aid

On 1 October, The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair and the Lebanese Government Launched a $426 Million Flash Appeal to mobilize urgent resources for civilians affected by the escalating conflict and resulting humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. Since 17 September 2024, Lebanon has experienced an unprecedented surge in casualties and displacement, dramatically compounding the already profound toll …

Join UNA-UK

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 …

Forthcoming Events

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Coventry Peace Festival 2024

Coventry Peace Festival will take place from 1 to 14 November 2024. The programme of events will be available here as soon as possible and also at https://www.coventry.gov.uk/peace

Coventry Lord Mayor Peace Lecture 2024

On 6 November, Coventry Lord Mayor Peace Lecture 2024 will host Professor Nicola Pratt, Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick who will address the question: Can there be Peace without Justice in the Middle East? Professor Pratt is a prize winning nationally recognised writer - gender issues, war and security. The …

Intercultural Conversation 1

What is this all about? The basic function of the United Nations is to allow nations to talk instead of fighting. United Nations Association Coventry believes that the same applies to individuals. In order to live peacefully with people from other countries, religions or cultures, we as individuals need to understand how their families and communities function. But we tend …

World Philosophy Day

21 November 2024 will be World Philosophy Day organised by United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. By celebrating World Philosophy Day each year, on the third Thursday of November, UNESCO underlines the enduring value of philosophy for the development of human thought, for each culture and for each individual. Philosophy is an inspiring discipline as well as an everyday …

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