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Dear Reader, As this newsletter goes out the world is in the early stages of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, a number of events which we advertised last month has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 situation. However, it's not all bad news. For a wonderful new website has been created to allow communities, groups and even families to run free, easy, high-quality video conferences to help us all communicate at this time of limited free movement. Find more information below about Coventry TeleConferences. One of the events they will run is our climate change debate on 23 April. The motion is "This house believes that climate change is a far bigger threat than COVID-19". That should give you something to get your teeth into as you huddle down at home. Book your place soon at https://unacov.uk/events/climate-change-debate/. Below you will also find information about how the UN is helping the world to cope with this emergency, and also some thoughts about what lessons the international community needs to learn in order to cope with future crises. Please stay safe and be considerate of others. Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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The following is the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ appeal for a global ceasefire amid the COVID-19 pandemic, issued on 23 March 2020. Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, relentlessly. Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world. The most vulnerable — women and children, …
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Entries are open until 10 April. In 2020 the UN Environment Programme will select seven young people from every global region who will be named "UN Young Champions of the Earth". These winners will receive: seed funding and tailored mentorship to bring their big environmental ideas to life. UNEP are looking for the artists, scientists, economists, communicators and entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30, with big, bold … Read more. |
This competition is open for entries until 15 April. Coventry University's Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations together with the Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute (DOC) and others are co-organising a global essay competition in the context of the UN75 global dialogue. In the spirit of the international institution and the DOC’s goals, the topic to be addressed will be: Humanity and Global Challenges: How can we maintain … Read more. |
This article was written by the United Nations Department of Global Communications. The coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity for the human family to act in solidarity and turn this crisis into an impetus to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “The United Nations – and our global network of country offices -- will support all Governments to ensure that the …
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Click the map to see the latest global information on COVID cases from the World Health Organisation.
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This article was written by the UN Coronavirus Communications Team. As the spread of the coronavirus accelerates, the United Nations is working to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable are reflected in its response to the emergency. Women, children, people with disabilities, the marginalized and the displaced, all pay the highest price in conflicts and are also most …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is leading and coordinating the global effort to fight COVID-19, supporting countries to prevent, detect, and respond to the pandemic. The world is facing an unprecedented challenge with communities and economies everywhere affected by the growing COVID-19 pandemic. The world needs to come together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments, organizations from across industries and …
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In the face of the current restrictions on meetings due to COVID-19, Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation have launched a teleconference facility aimed at bringing communities together for meetings of up to 99 people for up to 24 hours duration using high-quality video and clear sound at no cost. They will be using Zoom, the market leading …
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In March 2020, the United Nations Association Coventry Branch ran a debate on the motion "This house believes the UK government should sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons". This is also the demand made by the UK Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Proposing the Motion was Mohammed Aaqib Gujar LLM, Treasurer of UNA Coventry Branch. Opposing the Motion …
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Health security is a global chain whose links are the health systems of all nations. That chain is only as strong as the weakest link. So the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with humanitarian partners across the world has produced a COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) which aims to enable us to …
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The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us what happens when you try to face a global emergency without preparation or global cooperation. Wuhan Communist party officials started off being in denial of any problem, which gave the virus a chance to spread. Most nations responded too slowly, although few were as much in denial as Donald Trump who said "It will go …
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This statement by Lakhdar Brahimi was originally published on 4 March. Lakhdar Brahimi is an Algerian diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. Last month, The Elders marked thirty years since Nelson Mandela was released from imprisonment by South Africa’s apartheid regime: we looked back on shared memories of our courageous founder. Mandela …
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The following statement, explaining why the UK refused to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), was issued by the government on 8 July 2017 following the conclusion of negotiations at the United Nations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons. It followed a joint press Statement from the permanent representatives to the United Nations of the United …
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Philip Brown cordially invites Coventry community leaders (and anyone else who might be interested) to the launch of the exciting new website CovTeleCon.uk at 4pm on Sunday, 5 April 2020. This amazing website will allow communities in Coventry to run high-quality teleconferences for up to 99 people at no cost. This will probably be the first teleconference ever created using this website, so it …
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Coventry United Nations Coventry Branch will be running a teleconference on 16 April to enable people to participate in UN75, the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. Book your free place here Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as COVID-19, the climate crisis, inequality, new patterns of violence and the major changes …
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UNA Coventry will run this online debate from 7-9pm on 23 April. To book your place at this online debate, scroll down to the booking form. Some people claim that COVID-19 is the world’s biggest threat since the end of World War II. It has galvanised governments into action because it is an immediate and obvious danger. But, within a …
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International Nurses Day is organised annually on 12 May by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to celebrate the contribution that nurses make to societies around the world. In this year of COVID-19 when nurses around the world are under greater stress and in greater danger than usual, this is a good time to show them we, the public, really …
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The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year. Activities include workshops and conferences, radio and television programmes, newspaper articles and cultural programmes highlighting relevant themes. To celebrate the day we will be running a meeting from 10am to 9pm in which families can meet up. Anyone can drop in whenever they want. No account …
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This event will be held as a teleconference on 16 May, the International Day of Living Together in Peace. To book your place click here. This day was officially recognised by the General Assembly in December 2017. The adoption of this day was the result of efforts by AISA International. Background to their work can be found here. Their mission …
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31 May is World No Tobacco Day. To help people stop smoking CovTeleCon will be running an event from 10am to 8pm at which people can drop in to share ideas about how to stop smoking and prevent young people from starting. No need to book. Click here any time between 10:00 and 20:00 on 31 May 2020 to join the …
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The UN has designated 5 June as World Environment Day. The theme in 2020 is Celebrating Biodiversity. The United Nations Association Coventry Branch will be hosting a meeting on this afternoon and are hoping to attract speakers who can address the issues. If you would like to help us organise this event please contact philip@unacov.uk More Information https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/ https://p.widencdn.net/bedxcl/WED-2020-Working-Brief
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The Charter of the United Nations was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945 at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The Charter came into force on 24 October 1945, now commemorated as UN Day.
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2 September 2020 will be the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Germany had surrendered in May but the war with Japan continued until the dropping of atomic bombs in August. The Japanese officially surrendered a few weeks later on 2 September.
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Note the date of this event has been changed due to the Coronavirus emergency. From 11 to 27 September, Keep Britain Tidy will once more be organising the UK's biggest mass-action environmental campaign: the Great British Spring Clean 2020. In 2019, more than 560,000 people took part. 17,097 clean-ups were held and 957,377 bags of litter collected – that’s 239,344 wheelie bins full of rubbish or 4,308 …
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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 …
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UN Day is 24 October, anniversary of the day the UN Charter entered into force in 1945.
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The UK and Italy are the favourites to jointly host the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) from 9 to 19 November 2020. The COP is the supreme decision-making body of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Italy would host preparatory events and a significant ‘youth event’, in recognition of the disproportionate impact that climate change will …
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