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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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The US 20-point Gaza peace plan, published by the White House on 30 September 2025 and printed here, cannot possibly work for one simple reason: Hamas refuses to disarm until a Palestinian state has been established while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has never agreed that a Palestinian state could ever exist. Clause 19 of the Trump peace …
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Here is the full text of the latest US President's peace proposal, as provided by the White House on 30 September 2025 and published by the BBC. 1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. 2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered …
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UNA Coventry are offering a prize of £100 for the best letter to Donald Trump responding to his speech at the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September 2025. You can find a video and the text of his speech at https://unacov.uk/donald-trumps-speech-to-un-general-assembly-2025/ You can write about any part of his rambling speech but you might want to address some of …
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On 23 September 2025, Donald Trump addressed the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, as shown in the video below. Ignoring the allocated time of 15 minutes, Trump spoke for over 56 minutes. We print the full text of his speech below the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auDD5MSGis Thank you very much, very much appreciated. And I don’t mind making this …
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When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the 80th U.N. General Assembly on 26 September, numerous delegates left the hall and others whistled and jeered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJSbEhGeB8
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In September 2025, following Donald Trump's orders, the US navy sank several boats and killed about 20 people whom Trump alleges, without any evidence, were members of a gang smuggling drugs into the US. Several experts have questioned the legality of these strikes under both US and international law. Trump admitted responsibility on his website called Truth Social, which as …
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The so-called "Journal of the United Nations" is not what one might expect from something with this name. It is not an historical record of daily events connected with the UN. Instead it gives you information about official meetings scheduled for the current day and future days. The information it gives includes: location ánd time of meetings lists of and …
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On 20 September 2025 Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), delivered a briefing to the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East which included the section on Syria shown in the following video. A summary of what he said is shown below the video. https://youtu.be/VVuuY8rb3sk?si=T4zeukQjhwXGwQMP …
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An Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021, states in its legal analysis published on 16 September 2025 that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention. As usual, Israel categorically rejected these …
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Want to meet some interesting people and help make the world safer, fairer and more sustainable? Want to gain valuable experience in planning and organising fantastic events? Or fancy writing web articles about climate change, international peace and security, human rights and sustainable development? Then find out about our available roles and complete the application form below to register as …
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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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10 October 2025 is World Mental Health Day, whose theme this year is Mental health in humanitarian emergencies World Mental Health Day serves as a powerful reminder that there is no health without mental health. This year’s campaign focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies. Crises such as …
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Coventry University Volunteer Fair will be held in the Hub from 10:00 to 15:00 on Tuesday 14 October 2025. If you are able to attend and talk to students about the United Nations and UNA Coventry then please let Philip Brown know via unacoventry@gmail.com or WhatsApp.
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16 October is World Food Day. In 2025 the theme will be Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future World Food Day 2025 is calling for global collaboration in creating a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future. By working together, across governments, organizations, sectors, and communities, we can transform agrifood systems to ensure that everyone has access …
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On 6 November 2025, Mandy Sanghera OBE will deliver Coventry Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture with the title DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - Think Globally Act Locally Photograph by Sunbeam112 CC BY-SA 4.0 It will be held in Coventry Cathedral and you are advised to book a ticket here. Mandy Sanghera is an international human rights activist. Since 1990, she has been supporting …
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The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) 30 will take place in Belém, Brazil, 10-21 November 2025. What is the COP? The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention. All States that are Parties to the Convention are represented at the COP, at which they review the implementation of the Convention and any other legal instruments …
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