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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 term "Artificial Intelligence" was first used by John McCarthy at a conference at Dartmouth College in 1956. However the concept of self-learning, adaptive systems (now called AI systems) goes back to at least 1900 and some people claim it began with Greek myths or philosophers such as Descartes. Some people believe that machines could become as intelligent as humans …
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United Nations Day on 24 October 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being. Eighty years after its founding, the United Nations faces …
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The following is a video of the report by OCHA Spokesperson, Olga Cherevko, delivered on 15 October 2025 in Gaza via video link to the UN Press Conference in New York. https://youtu.be/Vu8n8m0gs8U?si=rLVihQTPQ1-lU2L7
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The mass murderer Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel who has been starving the people of Gaza to death for months, ordered the Israeli military to carry out "forceful strikes" in Gaza in response to what Israel claims was an attack by Hamas on Israeli soldiers in Gaza on 28 October 2025. The next day the Israeli military announced a …
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The video below shows a presentation by David Curran, Associate Professor, Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University delivered for UNA Harpenden's Public Lecture. International forms of conflict management are in a period of change. The number of personnel deployed to multilateral peace operations fell by more than 40 per cent between 2015 and 2024, large missions in Mali and …
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The World Health Summit (WHS) is an international conference held annually during October in Berlin as well as online. Stakeholders from science, business, politics, and civil society meet to discuss key challenges in global healthcare. WHS aims to improve global health through open dialogue and collaboration among stakeholders from all sectors of society. It also brings together international experts from …
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In a report published on 7 October 2025, Senior Electricity Analyst Małgorzata Wiatros-Motyka and Global Electricity Analyst Kostantsa Rangelova at London-based global energy think tank Ember, state that global solar and wind energy outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, and that renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix. Their report analyses changes in global electricity …
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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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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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Join UNA-UK on 6 November for a special edition of their speaker series featuring Sir Matthew Rycroft, former UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2015–2018). Drawing on his experience representing the UK on the Security Council during the 2015–2016 process, Sir Matthew will reflect on the selection of the UN Secretary-General. Attendance Options In-Person: Join us at Whitehall Court, Westminster. Spaces …
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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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World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and reach the 3.4 billion people (nearly half the world’s population) still living without safely managed sanitation. Established by the World Toilet Organization in 2001, World Toilet Day was made an official United Nations Observance in 2013. Every year, UN-Water — …
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On 25 November, Professor Rosemary Foot will talk in the UNA-UK Speaker Series on the question: Towards a UN with Chinese Characteristics? This free talk will be delivered at UNA-UK offices at 3 Whitehall Court, London, and via video conference. Rosemary Foot is Professor (emeritus) of International Relations and a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. Her talk will draw …
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29 November is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as called for by the UN General Assembly. Every year the United Nations urges immediate action to grant Palestinians sovereignty and independence from the Israeli Occupation. As the international community commemorates this day, it continues to call on Israel to provide Palestinians with their human rights according to …
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United Nations Association Coventry will be holding their Annual General Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 19:00. Agenda Chair’s Report Treasurer’s Report Secretary’s Report Nominations and Elections of Committee for 2025 Plan for 2025 – Reporting Coventry Climate Actions – UNA Coventry Challenges Nominations are invited for Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Please write to philip@unacov.uk Click here to …
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