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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. You might also like the Coventry Climate Action Network website which we also maintain. Please check it out at https://covcan.uk/ Philip Brown Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
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A petition has been created on the Avaaz website, which aims to empower people from any country to take action on pressing global, regional and national issues, from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. A petition has been created addressed to World Leaders which reads: As citizens from across the world, we urgently call on you to hold …
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This story was first published on 24 March by UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. On 15 December 2021, Mahmoud Hamamdeh was out working a plot of land just outside his community of Umm Fagarah (population 100), in the southern Hebron hills. He was approached by officials from the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), whom he believes were summoned by …
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Almost 200 countries are due this year to adopt a global framework that will, by 2050, safeguard nature from the destruction caused by human activity. However agreement on the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) currently being negotiated in Geneva is proving very difficult to find, principally because of the cost. Business for Nature estimates that every year $1.8 trillion, …
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This article was first published on the UNA-UK website on 10 March 2022. Earlier today the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, announced that Ukrainians with passports will no longer need to go to a visa application centre (VAC) to complete paperwork before travelling to the UK. This change comes after widespread calls for the Home Secretary to address the UK’s shamefully inadequate response to the …
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At a meeting in Nairobi on 2 March, Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) to End Plastic Pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution addresses the full lifecycle of plastic, including its production, design and disposal. Approximately 7 billion …
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On International Women's Day 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a new £20 million business partnership as the UK continues to lead global efforts to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children did not have any access to school - and girls from disadvantaged families are particularly vulnerable to missing out …
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Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN), which is managed by UNA Coventry, has just started a new podcast series in which issues related to climate change in Coventry and the surrounding area will be addressed, as well as wider issues. They have started by interviewing Tony McNally who has been working to fight against climate change for many years and received …
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Each year, the Global Sustainable Development Department at the University of Warwick runs a competition for students aged between 15 and 17 (UK years 11 and 12). They established the competition to engage with talented school students and to give insight into the type of thought-provoking issues involved in studying Global Sustainable Development at Warwick. Shortlisted entrants will be invited …
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On 5 March the Elders issued the following statement. The Elders call for a special criminal tribunal to investigate the alleged crime of aggression in Ukraine, and hold President Putin to account for the invasion of Ukraine’s sovereign territory. The Elders welcome the opening of an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor into alleged war crimes, crimes …
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On 3 March the Leamington Observer front page featured an article on the call by Gian Clare, chairman of Warwick District United Nations Association, for UK government to do all it can to help people fleeing Ukraine. Gian said: “Ukraine, a peaceful democratic nation, is under a brutal military attack by Putin’s Russia. With war on the headlines, our global …
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Since Russia's illegal invasion of its peaceful democratic neighbour Ukraine on 24 February 2022 there has been discussion about the status of Russia within the United Nations. Some people argue that Russia has no right membership since it succeeded the seat after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 without question. Ukraine claims the constituent republics of the USSR …
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Anna Dezyk and Iryna Terlecky are organising this fundraiser in aid of Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain (AUGB). Millions of people in Ukraine are facing an imminent humanitarian crisis. They are in urgent need of medical supplies and relief as they face the prospect of renewed conflict. Please help them now. A further Russian invasion will be catastrophic for …
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7 April marks the start of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The United Nations General Assembly has designated 7 April as the International Day of Reflection and encouraged UN member states, international organizations and civil society organizations to observe the International Day, including special observances and activities in memory of the victims of the genocide in Rwanda. During the 100 …
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International Mine Awareness Day on 4 April is a good day to remember that invading Russians are mining Ukraine, including apparently using them to block evacuation routes out of Mariupol. Ukrainian officials claim that the Russians are using anti-personnel mines dropped from the air. Sometimes known as butterfly mines, these small plastic explosives weighing less than two ounces are scattered …
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The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of humankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of …
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Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, as well as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, have affected millions of people. Now we face COVID-19, a worldwide health pandemic link to the health of our ecosystem. Climate change, man-made changes to nature as …
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University of Warwick will be putting on a year-long programme of events from May 2021 to April 2022 as part of City of Culture Programme. The theme in June 2021 will be 'Sanctuary' What does it mean to provide sanctuary? How does it feel to need sanctuary? We highlight the importance of sanctuary as a concept, tell its histories, and …
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As deputy Ukrainian Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk warns that the Russia's illegal and unjustified occupation of Chernobyl could send radiation across Europe and urges the UN Security Council to take immediate steps to demilitarise the zone, and dispatch a special mission, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day on 26 April might be an appropriate time to remember the persistent legacy of the …
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Are you aged between 15 and 24? What do you see as the greatest threat to peace? Do you have ideas what people can and should do reduce that threat? Then Coventry’s International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition is your chance to tell the world what you think. Write an essay of 500 or 1000 words (depending on your age) …
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The deadline for the Global Sustainable Development Competition is midnight on 29 April 2022. Each year, the Global Sustainable Development Department at the University of Warwick runs a competition for students aged between 15 and 17 (UK years 11 and 12). They established the competition to engage with talented school students and to give insight into the type of thought-provoking …
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