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Dear Reader, Read these stories and more, plus information about forthcoming events, by following the links below. Please stay safe and be considerate of others. Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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School Food Matters have received funding from Unicef UK to deliver nutritious breakfasts to schools in Southwark, south London, over the two-week Christmas holidays and February half-term. Unicef said it was helping children in the UK for the first time because the pandemic has increased food poverty in Britain. It estimates there are children going hungry in a fifth of …
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Demolitions The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that in November, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish, or seized 178 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank: this is the highest such figure in a single month since OCHA began systematically documenting this practice in 2009. This month’s incidents resulted in the displacement of 158 …
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The West Midlands’ Sustainability Roadmap to 2030 focuses on improving social, economic and environmental indicators across the West Midlands for a more sustainable, fairer and greener region for all. Building on the previous Roadmap for 2010 – 2020, SWM has consulted with experts, with our members and with hundreds of other stakeholders to ensure that our Roadmap is evidence based …
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This page contains extracts from the article by Lysa John and Mandeep Tiwana from CIVICUS, the global alliance for civil society, contained in UNA-UK's magazine "A First Aid Kit for the World". The complete article can be read here. It is telling that the UN Secretary-General chose to mark its 75th anniversary not with a celebration, but with a global …
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The United Nations is running a global survey to collect the views of people around the world on the Sustainable Development Goals. Take the survey at myworld2030.org
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UNA Coventry is working with Dr Ken Grainger to develop a forum at which anyone wishing to promote and take action on sustainable development can exchange ideas and work together to develop plans. The name comes from the 17 Sustainable Development Goals which were agreed by 193 world leaders in 2015. The Forum has the following aims: Identify and engage …
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UNA Coventry are delighted to announce we will be hosting two work experience students in 2021. They are attending the the University of Warwick's Centre for Education Studies masters course “Understanding Global Education and International Development”. They are due to begin work in January and they will no doubt attend the Branch AGM on 28 January.
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The latest edition of UNA-UK’s magazine offers reflections on 75 years of the United Nations and looks to the future of the Organisation and its key role in tackling global challenges. In the face of adversity humanity repeatedly forges a path ahead - the UN itself is a product of such a moment in history 75 years ago. As this …
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To mark 5 years since the Paris Agreement, 75 world leaders gathered virtually on Saturday 12 December, together with members of civil society and the private sector, for the "Climate Ambition Summit 2020". Some countries pledged to increase their ambitions in reducing greenhouse gas emissions including the UK, the European Union, Argentina, Pakistan and Peru. But most of the 75 …
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On 7 - 8 December 2020, UNA-UK held its annual membership conference, this time a virtual event, at which, among other things, it reported on the work of UNA-UK during 2020: These included: Establishing UNA-UK as the coordinator of UK ICAN network (Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) Helping to kickstart the university campaign to ban killer robots Securing a pledge from the …
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The Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development is the world´s most inspiring SDG event to celebrate, empower, and connect the global community driving Action for the Sustainable Development Goals. Organised by the UN SDG Action Campaign with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German Federal Foreign Office, the Festival brings together the global community …
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Forthcoming EventsIf you have an idea for an event you want us to organise, please contact events@unacov.uk |
Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) will hold an online conversation at 7pm on Tuesday 1 December. Join the meeting by following this link.
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On 2 December you can 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 … Read more. |
The first meeting of the General Assembly was held in Westminster Central Hall, London, on 10 January 1946. The Security Council met for the first time a week later in Church House, Westminster. 10 January was also the date of the founding of the UN’s predecessor, the League of Nations, which was founded on 10 January 1920. The League of …
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United Nations Climate Change and the UK and Italian Governments announced on 1 April that the 26th Conference of Parties due to be held in Glasgow in November (COP26) has been postponed due to COVID-19. It is now scheduled for 1-12 November 2021. Deferring the meeting should not mean deferring climate action, according to a leaked letter signed by Cop26 …
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