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Review of Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty fails to reach agreement

After four weeks of negotiation, the tenth five-yearly Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) ended on 26 August 2022 without reaching agreement. The Treaty aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of …

Swiss delegate comments on failed NPT review

Following the failure of the Review of Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty to reach agreement, the Swiss ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Félix Baumann, spent the whole month of August in New York City. In the following article, published through a Creative Commons license via Geneva Solutions and the Swiss daily newspaper Le Temps, he talks to Stéphane …

How to take action on nuclear weapons

This message was originally published by the United Nations Association UK (UNA_UK). The UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) - now with 91 signatories and 68 state parties - shows the strength of the growing movement rejecting these weapons as well as the industry and financiers that supports it. But many banks and pension providers still invest …

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. The treaty was negotiated between 1965 and 1968 by the Eighteen Nation Committee …

Help Judge Coventry’s International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition

The United Nations Association Coventry Branch invites academics and others to become a judge for Coventry’s International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition. UNA Coventry has run this competition since 2020 and it has attracted essays from young people around the world. There is more information at youngpeoplespeaceessay.org The competition is an exceptional opportunity for young people aged between 15 and …

World is in peril and paralyzed - UN Secretary-General

On 20 September UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the opening meeting of the annual General Assembly debate that "Our world is in peril — and paralyzed" and urged Member States to develop common solutions grounded in goodwill, trust and human rights. Here are his opening remarks. You can read his full speech here or watch his speech here on YouTube. …

High Ambition Coalition

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) formed the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) in run-up negotiations at the UNFCCC to the Paris Agreement in 2015, helping to secure key elements of the deal, including the 1.5C temperature goal, the net zero global emissions pathway by the second half of the century, and a five-year cycle for updating mitigation contributions. Since …

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World Mental Health Day 2022

10 October is World Mental Health Day. The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. World Health Organisation will work with partners to launch a campaign around the theme of Making Mental Health & Well-Being for All a Global Priority. …

World Food Day 2022

The theme of World Food Day on 16 October 2022 is Leave NO ONE behind 2022 finds us with an ongoing pandemic, conflict, a climate that won’t stop warming, rising prices and international tensions. This is affecting global food security. We need to build a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nutritious food. No one should …

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Closing date for Coventry International Young People's Peace Essay Competition

31 October is the closing date for those aged between 15 and 24 to submit their Peace Essay. 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 …

Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture 2022

Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation is pleased to announce that BBC's energy and environment analyst, Roger Harrabin, will deliver the Lord Mayor's Peace Lecture on 10 November. Roger was born in Coventry and attended Stivichall Primary School and King Henry VIII School. After studying English at Cambridge he returned to Coventry as a journalist at the Coventry …

International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists

15 November 2022 is the deadline for entries to the UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Prize was created to encourage people under 40 to undertake scientific careers and make their work more visible to the community and society. This is the first edition of the Prize, which …

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