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Dear Reader, Below we list the latest news from our website related to international affairs and issues such as sustainable development. Read these stories and more, plus information about forthcoming events, by following the links below. Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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Recent News HighlightsSee our website for more of our recent news articles. |
The Security Council's first ever discussion of the maintenance of international peace and security in the face of climate change was hosted by the UK, the current chair of the Security Council, and attended by world leaders. https://youtu.be/T0ZV7vV6Mdc?t=5
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The following links take you to recent news pages and articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and elsewhere. More news available here and on the OCHA Twitter page. Democratic Republic of Congo Maii Mozambique Yemen Guatemala Syria Burkina Faso Madagascar Haiti
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Addressing the U.N. Human Rights Council on 22 February , the Secretary-General warned about transnational threats from racism, white supremacists and neo-Nazis, saying: The rot of racism eats away at institutions, social structures and everyday life — sometimes invisibly and insidiously. I welcome the new awakening in the global fight for racial justice, a surge of resistance against being reduced …
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Do you believe in gender equality for an equal future? Are you between 18 and 30 and passionate about creative storytelling to visualize your belief in women’s rights and activism? This is your chance to show the world your work! About the Film Festival The Generation Equality Film Festival will take place during the Generation Equality Forum, a global gathering for …
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The following article was first published on UNA-UK website. Mark Lowcock briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen (Feb 2020). Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mark Lowcock, has announced his intention to stand down from the role as soon as a …
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The Generation Equality Forum is a civil society–centred, global gathering for gender equality, convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France. Kicking off in Mexico City, Mexico, on 29–31 March 2021, and culminating in Paris, France, in June 2021, the Forum will secure a set of concrete, ambitious, and transformative commitments to achieve immediate and irreversible progress towards gender …
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UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments and civil society to design laws, …
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Building on the UN75 Global Governance Forum (16-18 September 2020) and follow-through to the UN75 Political Declaration, the Stimson Center, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), Plataforma CIPÓ, and Leiden University have formed the Global Governance Innovation Network (GGIN), bringing world-class scholarship together with international policy-making to address fundamental global governance challenges, threats, and opportunities. Through policy research …
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The following article was first published on UNA-UK website. Barbara Woodward, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, reads a press statement. Credit: UK Mission to the UN in New York On the 5 February 2021 the British Ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, acting in …
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UNA Coventry Branch, working with the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University, ran Young People's Peace Essay Competition for the first time in 2020. The competition will run again in 2021, this time aiming to attract more essays from young people aged 25 or less, and now it has its own website: youngpeoplespeaceessay.org To raise the …
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The United Nations Association Coventry Branch is conducting a survey to find out what experience teachers around the world have had in school twinning and to assess the demand for more access to international school twinning programmes. The Branch will publish a report of our findings on the Internet and, if there is significant demand, explore how we can work …
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Everyone knows about the holocaust in which Nazi Germany killed about 6 million Jews, but few are aware of that there have been many even worse examples of the mass murder of people by totalitarian governments. For example the Soviet Union murdered about 62 million people, the People's Republic of China about 35 million, Japan about 6 million and many …
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Forthcoming EventsIf you have an idea for an event you want us to organise, please contact events@unacov.uk |
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will for the first time be organising Food Waste Action Week from 1 to 7 March. The week aims to bring together organisations from retailers to local authorities, restaurants to manufacturers, and beyond. WRAP will work with a variety of partners to show that wasted food is an issue that affects everyone – and …
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Coventry Climate Action Network, the Sustainable Development Forum and anyone else interested in these issues are invited to attend telemeetings at 7pm on the first Tuesday of every month in 2021 to share experience and plan activities by visiting the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82205125165?pwd=Wng1YldmV2VpL0l2dXBIcElxbDk4UT09 Meeting ID: 822 0512 5165 Passcode: 492479
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Coventry & Warwickshire Green Week 2021 will be held 8 - 14 March. Normally the event is aimed at Coventry and Leamington Spa, but this year it will be held entirely online so its audience can be broadened. Events are still being planned so if you or your community would like to organise an event please contact David Chapman at …
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On 20 March Jaclyn Streitfield-Hall from Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect at the Ralph Bunche Institute of the City University, New York Graduate Centre will address Warwick District UN Association our virtual meeting from Chicago via Zoom platform. Meeting opens for people to log-on at 4:30 PM and is open to all. Over the past four years the United …
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Leamington Spa Justice for Palestine group will host a meeting on 21 February entitled Is a two-state solution still possible? The speaker will be Wayne David MP, Labour Party spokesperson on the Middle East. If you wish to attend, please email justice4palestinians@gmail.com and they will send you the link. More Information Facebook page of Justice For Palestinians – Leamington Spa
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A census will be held in England and Wales on 21 March 2021 at a cost of almost £1 billion. It is a legal requirement for every household in England and Wales to complete the census. More information at census.gov.uk This will be the first digital-first census. Every household should receive an access code in the post. People will need …
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In 2021 the Global Festival of Action on Sustainable Development Goals will be held online from 25 to 26 March. More Information https://youtu.be/YSQf1GrjIlU
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Leamington Spa Justice for Palestine group will host a meeting on 26 March entitled Is the Palestinian national movement in a cul-de-sac? The speaker will be Andrew Whitley, former FT correspondent in Jerusalem who has worked for UNRWA and is a trustee of the Balfour Project. If you wish to attend, please email justice4palestinians@gmail.com and they will send you the …
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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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