Dear Reader,

During July, UNA Coventry put most of our effort into developing the CovCAN climate change project (website at covcan.uk) and organising meetings and generating new ideas for how we could help Coventry City Council conduct a public consultation over their new Climate Strategy to be published in 2021. But we still found time to plan a UNA Committee meeting to be held as this newsletter goes out on 1 August.

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Selections of our other news and forthcoming events are given below. Visit our website to see everything we are doing.

Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
philip@unacov.uk

Recent News Highlights

See our website for more of our recent news articles.

Nepalese Human Rights Campaigner to Visit Coventry

Founder and Chairperson of Prisoners Assistance Nepal, Indira Rana Magar, will be on a Speaking Tour of the UK in September 2019 and is available to speak in Coventry from 2 to 8 September. If you want her to speak to your society or community please contact Dr Chas Morrison at ab1224@coventry.ac.uk as soon as possible. https://youtu.be/knNUOLgtbdw PA Nepal has been …

UNA-UK Seeks Ideas to Strengthen International Cooperation

This is based on an article published on the UNA-UK website. Joint campaign to strengthen international cooperation launches call for ideas 19 July 2019 We are pleased to announce the launch of the Together First Campaign's consultation to identify solutions to global threats. The pragmatic exercise will result in a “global to-do list” of feasible improvements to the way global …

How to Save the world

This is the introduction to the report "How to save the world: Ten lessons from the history of global governance reform" published by Together First in 2019. Read the full report here. In 2019-20, Together First will conduct a series of consultations to identify solutions to global risks. This will be a pragmatic exercise, to determine feasible changes to global …

CovCAN Posts in July 2019

These posts were published on the CovCAN website in July. Act on Energy Fargo Survey Results Refill Water Bottle Scheme Eco Birmingham One Coventry Climate Related Events at British Science Festival 2019 Aurrigo Heart of England Community Energy Circular Economy UK to have Citizens Climate Change Assembly First climate assembly in UK draws up wishlist for council action Climate Change …

Youth Engagement & Public Mobilization in UN Climate Action Summit

Track 3 of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit to be held in New York on 23 September 2019 will be Youth Engagement & Public Mobilization. Plans are still evolving. The following is based on documents published in April, May and July 2019. Objective 1: Respond to the unprecedented mobilization of young people worldwide who are demanding ambitious climate action in …

Assisted Dying and Human Rights

Although suicide is not illegal in the UK under the Suicide Act 1961 , assisting someone to commit suicide is illegal: Criminal liability for complicity in another's suicide. 2.-(1) A person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to commit suicide, shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a …

House of Commons Debate on Assisted Dying

On 4 July 2019 the House of Commons debated assisted dying with the aim of considering the functioning of the existing law relating to assisted dying. Nick Boles who proposed the debate hopes that more people will change their minds about it so that we can get on and change the law and make this country a more humane place …

European Convention on Human Rights

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocols No. 11 and No. 14 * Rome, 4.XI.1950 The governments signatory hereto, being members of the Council of Europe, Considering the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948; Considering that this Declaration aims at securing …

Rethinking Security

Rethinking Security is a network of organisations, academics and activists working in the UK for an approach to security that can better meet everyone’s needs, from the local to the global level. They believe that security matters but much that governments do in its name is making us all less safe, at home and around the world. It’s time for …

Forthcoming Events

Please get in touch if you want to help organise an event. Please contact events@unacov.uk

World Humanitarian Day

Every year, the global community commemorates World Humanitarian Day on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world. Find out more about World Humanitarian Day at worldhumanitarianday.org

Unwell in unrest

This event is part of the British Science Festival 2019 and will be held on 11 September at the University of Warwick. When armed conflicts involve weaponry, they can cause life-threatening physical injuries, so it may seem obvious that war is bad for health. Yet cases of serious diseases like cancer also dramatically increase in times of unrest. While ‘armed …

International Day of Peace 2019

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” calls for promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access …

UN Climate Change Summit 2019

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host world leaders at the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September in New York to boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This will follow the UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September. Global emissions are reaching record levels and show no sign of peaking. The last four …

UN Youth Climate Summit

The UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September at United Nations Headquarters in New York will be a platform for young leaders who are driving climate action to showcase their solutions at the United Nations, and to meaningfully engage with decision-makers on the defining issue of our time. This historic event will be part of a weekend of events leading …

United Nations Day

UN Day is 24 October, anniversary of day UN Charter entered into force.

WFUNA International Model UN (WIMUM) 2019

WIMUN offers the most accurate simulation of the United Nations by using the WIMUN approach and features training and briefings delivered by UN officials. WIMUN Geneva, to be held from 30 Oct to 2 Nov, will be held at the Centre International de Conférences Genève near the UN Office in Geneva. More information www.wimun.org facebook.com/wimungeneva

Human Rights Day 2019

The United Nations has designated 10 December as Human Rights Day to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being -- regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national …

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