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Below we list the latest news and articles from our website related to international affairs and issues such as sustainable development.

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Philip Brown

Secretary, UNA Coventry Branch
philip@unacov.uk

Recent Articles

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UN Peacekeeping Campaign - Peace Begins With Me

Around the world, millions of people are suffering immense harm from conflict. Their lives are torn apart by death, destruction, and displacement. Since 1948 United Nations peacekeepers have worked to save and change lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. More than two million uniformed and civilian personnel have helped countries to transition from war to peace and …

UN requested to reject controversial definition of antisemitism

Wikipedia says that the working definition of antisemitism (also called the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism or IHRA definition) is a non-legally binding statement on what antisemitism is which was adopted by the IHRA Plenary (consisting of representatives from 31 countries) in Bucharest, Romania, on 26 May 2016. The statement reads: Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, …

Russia chairs UN Security Council debate on Multilateralism

On 24 April the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, UN Security Council President for April, chaired a debate on effective multilateralism. Speaking in his national capacity, Sergey Lavrov said that the United Nations-centred global system is now “enduring a profound crisis”. The root cause of this is certain Member States’ desire to replace international law and the Charter of the …

Podcast on UNESCO – the UN’s most fascinating Agency

On 15 April 2023 Mr David Wardrop MBE addressed a meeting of UNA Warwick District on the topic: UNESCO – the UN’s most fascinating Agency UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow …

Join UNA-UK

You can now join UNA-UK as a member for £10 per year and stand with us in support of a strong, credible and effective UN. Over the last 18 months, UNA-UK has been engaged in an extensive process of reviewing our engagement structures - how our members, supporters, and network of UNA Groups interact with us as an organisation and contribute to the …

Forthcoming Events

If you have an idea for an event you want us to organise, please contact events@unacov.uk

How to Bring Peace to the Horn of Africa?

At 12:30 on 20 May, Warwick District UNA will host a hybrid meeting (a live presentation and via Zoom) by Dr Lutz Oette and Dr Mohamed Abdesalam Babiker on the subject How can the international community bring peace and prevent civil wars in South Sudan, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea - the Horn of Africa? Both speakers will address the …

Peacekeepers Day Conference 2023

Peacekeepers Day Conference on 23 May is the UK’s most authoritative public review of UN peacekeeping activities – bringing together UN practitioners, diplomats, military personnel and the public for an in-depth discussion on the most pressing issues in peacekeeping today. It is organised annually by UNA-UK, RUSI and UNA Westminster as near as possible to the official International Day of …

Peacekeepers Day Ceremony 2023

UNA-UK will organise its annual memorial ceremony in remembrance of the more than 4000 peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the service of global peace on 25 May, as close as practical to the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May. Over the past 75 years, UN peacekeepers have contributed to transforming lives in different countries, sometimes in …

International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2023

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May, offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the UN and to honour more than 4,000 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948. Since it is not always easy to celebrate the event exactly on that …

Coventry Against Racism Zoom Meeting

The community and trade union anti racist group Coventry Against Racism which invites people who support, not oppose, people and defend our rights to an online meeting on 14 June 2023. The attacks on our communities are relentless. Government continues to ratchet up its rhetoric. All of a sudden Britain has a national emergency. The crisis is not of our …

Deadline for Coventry’s International Young People’s Peace Essay Competition 2023

Entries to Coventry's International Young People's Peace Essay Competition close on 31 October. Young people aged 15 to 24 can gain a certificate of participation, stand a chance to win a cash prize and can add an entry in their CV. This competition it is a tool for exploring young peoples’ opinions on peace agendas and for harnessing their enthusiasm …

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