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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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In November 2024, United Nations Association Coventry ran the first Intercultural Conversation Competition which offered prizes for the three best descriptions of what people learned from having a conversation with someone from a different culture, religion or nationality and exchange information about their backgrounds and cultures. Why did we run this competition? The basic function of the United Nations is …
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On 25 November 2024, talks began in Busan, South Korea, seeking a legally binding deal on plastics pollution. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution which is part of UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has been working towards this event for the past 2 years. This is its fifth session (INC-5) which aims to conclude negotiations and finalize the text …
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A report published by Human Rights Watch, a group that investigates abuses of human rights in almost 100 countries, has published a report "Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza" that examines how Israeli authorities’ conduct has led to the displacement of over 90 percent of the population of Gaza—1.9 million Palestinians—and the widespread destruction of …
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The following statement was issued by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on 22 November 2024. The year 2024 has become the deadliest on record for humanitarian personnel, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, citing data from the Aid Worker Security Database. This grim milestone was reached with the recorded death …
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My name is Helena, and I am from Ukraine. My story began in 2014, the year Russia occupied Crimea, the southern part of Ukraine along the coast of the Black Sea. At that time, I was living in Kyiv with my husband and our daughter. But Crimea was my home, the place of my force. I loved to come back …
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On 28 September 2024 Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University, delivered a presentation to Warwick District United Nations Association entitled A Case for the UN Transitional Authority for Gaza? https://youtu.be/RvQbKx68_OA Professor Caplan’s principal research interests are concerned with international organisations and conflict management, with a particular focus on post-conflict …
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With recorded global temperatures hitting record highs and extreme weather events affecting people around the globe, the Conference of the Parties COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024 was supposed to bring together leaders from governments, business and civil society to advance concrete solutions to the defining issue of our time. Trillions of dollars are required for poorer countries …
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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 12 November 2024, UK Professor Nizam Mamode described to the UK Government's International Development Committee his heart-rending observations of the frequent and deliberate murder of women and children, some as young as three, by Israeli drones in Southern Gaza after they had been blown to the ground by bombs. He was a volunteer with Medical Aid for Palestinians in …
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In her report in March 2024 entitled "Anatomy of a genocide", Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, concluded that there were "reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating that Israel has committed genocide has been met". In her October 2024 report entitled "Genocide as colonial erasure" …
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On 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued warrants of arrest for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif. The arrest warrants are classified as ‘secret’, in order to protect witnesses and to safeguard the conduct of the investigations. However, the Chamber released some …
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2 December is International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Forced labour is a severe violation of human rights. International Labour Organization (ILO) reports that it affects 27.6 million of men, women and children in all countries and all economic sectors. It is rooted in poverty, discrimination and lack of social protection, and it disrupts fair competition between businesses. The …
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20 December marks International Human Solidarity Day. The concept of solidarity has defined the work of the United Nations since its birth. The creation of the UN drew the peoples and nations of the world together to promote peace, human rights and social and economic development. The Organization was founded on the basic premise of unity and harmony among its …
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UNA Coventry will run its Annual General Meeting via Zoom at 19:00 on Wednesday 15 January 2024. Nominations are invited for Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Please write to philip@unacov.uk Click here to join the Zoom meeting
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