UNA Cov News Jan 2017

UNA Coventry News January 2017

Plans are well advanced for our most ambitious and prestigious event so far, a Gala Dinner in Coventry Cathedral to celebrate International Women's Day. Please book your seats as early as possible as space will be strictly limited. See the link below for details.

We would also love to see you at our event this month, which promises to be outstanding. Students from the University of Warwick will talk about and give a simulation of a Model United Nations (MUN) which should be of great interest both to students, teachers and members of the public.

In addition, working with the Coventry Climate Action Network, Coventry UNA has undertaken to create resources to enable schools to run a MUN.

You will find below links to all these items, plus to others added to UNACov.uk during December.

We wish all our readers a happy and peaceful 2017.

United Nations Association Coventry Branch

Model United Nations Presentation and Simulation

What is a Model United Nations? A Model United Nations (MUN) helps participants become involved with global issues by debating solutions to a current global problem. MUN simulates a real United Nations conference. It lets participants explore the art of diplomacy and master the skills of compromise solution-seeking. The Model United Nations Group of the University of Warwick will give a presentation and …

Coventry Womens Day Dinner 2017

Join United Nations Association Coventry Branch to celebrate International Women's Day in the inspiring and prestigious historical venue of Coventry Cathedral at 6:30 pm on Saturday 11 March 2017. The theme of our event will be “Empowering Women From All Walks of Life”. It will include musical entertainment by Afghani singer Elaha Soroor and presentations by women about the issues …

John Kerry Speech on 2 state solution

In a broadcast from the US State Department on 28 December, US Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the Obama administration's relationship with Israel and defended the decision to abstain from a UN Security Council vote on a resolution that criticized Israeli expansion into the West Bank. UNACov believes this is an extremely important issue, so we include here a video …

MUN Software

The following software is designed to help people run a Model United Nations (MUN). We have not tested all these apps. Listing here does not imply that we recommend them. Descriptions are as given by the creators of the apps. Android Apps AskMUN Are you an MUNer who wanted some help with preparing for an MUN conference ? Ever pulled …

Introduction to Model United Nations

A Model United Nations (MUN) is an activity which engages people, typically older secondary schools or university students, with the work and importance of United Nations by taking on the roles of ambassadors and other diplomatic figures from a nominated UN member state, or from the UN itself. They first research and then debate issues of global importance, which could be …

United Nations live TV

https://youtu.be/u4eMLPaBGRs UN Web TV Channel is supposed to be available 24 hours a day with selected live programming of United Nations meetings and events as well as with pre-recorded video features and documentaries on various global issues. It includes such important live events as Security Council and other debates of global importance. Note that pre-recorded programmes can be in languages …

Coventry Volunteers Create "Spot The Traffic" Facebook Page

A group of enthusiastic students from Coventry University who have volunteered to help United Nations Association Coventry Branch have now taken a major step forward by creating a page on Facebook where people can find out how to spot the signs of somebody who has been a victim of human trafficking. They have plans for other activities including an online …

Why Is It so Hard To Tackle Human Trafficking ?

An article by Rosalinda Birdinia Barus as part of a project by volunteers for UNA Coventry. For more of their work see http://SpotTheTraffick.uk Human trafficking is a transnational crime, defined as “an offence whose inception and prevention direct or indirect effects involved more than one country” Various activists, governments, NGOs, and international organizations have tried to tackle this issue, but …

Human Rights Day Campaign

United Nations Association Coventry Branch calls on all UK citizens to write to their Member of Parliament (MP) to raise the profile of human rights in Parliament. Please send the message shown below to your MP. Finding your MP You can find the email address of your MP is by visiting: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/ The Message Subject: Human Rights and the UPR Dear …

Internship with the United Nations

The United Nations Association Coventry Branch invites anyone who has been an intern within the United Nations to share their experience and answer questions during a seminar to be organised in early 2017 which will be open to students from Coventry and the surrounding area. If you are an ex-intern (or wish to listen to them describe their experience) please complete the …

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