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Dear Reader, A month ago the world was in the early stages of the COVID-19 lockdown. Now various nations are beginning to allow people out of their homes, but widespread restrictions on movement are still in place. The Coventry TeleConferences website has already hosted several of our events, thanks to the generosity of Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, and more will follow. Given the failure of most nations to coordinate their responses to the virus, this is an ideal time to take part in UN75, a global conversation about what kind of world we want and what the UN should be doing to make it a reality. We invite you to take part. Simply by visiting the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/71964075097 at 2-4pm on the first Wednesday of every month this year, starting on 6 May. Please stay safe and be considerate of others. Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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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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On International Day of Multilateralism 24 Apr 2020 and as part of the UN75 initiative, the UN Office at Geneva hosted a virtual conversation on Multilateralism in the time of COVID-19 during which students engaged with the heads of key international organizations. The students questioned the senior officials and one of the students announced that a post-Covid Youth Charter would …
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This article originally appeared in EN24.news on 24 April 2020. Geneva students want to bring together the world’s youth in April 2021 at the UN in Geneva to tackle the post-pandemic. In an online dialogue with young people and more than 1,000 citizens around the world on Friday for its 75th anniversary, the UN has promised to support this effort. …
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Everyone, everywhere is entitled to the protection and promotion of his or her human rights, from the right to education and health, to rights at work. To bring youth voices to the forefront of action and policy responses, the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth (DJY) and its partners are conducting a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 …
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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 couple of years, there will be a vaccine for the virus, most people will have acquired immunity and society will return to normal, poorer and perhaps …
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On 26 March the leaders of the world's largest economies (G20) met in an Extraordinary Leaders Summit on COVID-19. They issued a statement which said: "The G20 is committed to do whatever it takes to overcome the pandemic, along with the World Health Organization (WHO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), United Nations (UN), and other international organizations, …
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For the next few weeks, the London Palestine Film Festival (LPFF) invite film lovers to unite in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). They have joined forces with filmmakers to bring the power of their stories and warmth of their art to your quarantine screens. In return they ask you to make a donation of any size towards MAP’s …
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We reported on 26 March that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan (Global HRP) which aims to raise $2 billion to fight the virus in 53 of the world’s poorest countries, and address the needs of the most vulnerable people. At the time of writing, three weeks later, …
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UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to administrate the databases (WIID and GRD) hosted at UNU-WIDER to help with further developments of these databases, and to support and/or conduct research on inequality globally or across countries. Closing date: 5 May 2020, 23:59 UTC+3 About UN University For the past four decades, UNU has been …
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New research published by UNU-WIDER on 8 April warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increased globally in thirty years, since 1990. The authors of the UNU-WIDER study - Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez of King’s College London and …
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By Elliot Parker Like the Climate Crisis, Covid-19 has shown that state cooperation instead of state separation is necessary to fight and defeat another battle that is plaguing humanity. Covid-19 is in its relative infancy. It can be said that the peak is yet to be reached despite the vast amounts of deaths recorded and the number of individuals still …
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Participate in UN75, the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. These teleconversations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month during 2020. Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as COVID-19, the climate crisis, inequality, new patterns of violence and the major changes we are seeing in population and technology in …
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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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According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person but no right to die. Euthanasia, in which someone other than the individual takes steps to end their life, is legal in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Colombia and Canada. Assisted suicide, when the individual is helped to end their own …
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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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Participate in UN75, the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. These teleconversations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month during 2020. Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as COVID-19, the climate crisis, inequality, new patterns of violence and the major changes we are seeing in population and technology in …
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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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Participate in UN75, the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. These teleconversations will be held on the first Wednesday of every month during 2020. Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as COVID-19, the climate crisis, inequality, new patterns of violence and the major changes we are seeing in population and technology in …
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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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