Passing of Rod Fielding
Rod Fielding, who was a key member of UNA Coventry Branch in years gone by, has sadly passed away. Gian Clare, who is the Chair of UNA Warwick District, writes: Rod and I used to meet on a regular basis … Continue reading →
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UNHCR and others condemn UK’s Nationality and Borders Act
The much disputed Nationality and Borders Act, which passed into UK law in April, has been condemned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as being “fundamentally at odds with the Government’s avowed commitment to upholding the United … Continue reading →
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade – but has it been abolished?
This article was first published by Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. 28 August is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, but Sir Mo Farah’s life tells a different story and … Continue reading →
Human activity made UK extreme temperatures 10 times more likely
Climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, Dr Nikos Christidis, has told the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared that “In a recent study we found that the likelihood of extremely hot days in the UK has been increasing and … Continue reading →
Food systems need climate resilience to avoid global food crisis
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid told a special meeting to address the global food crisis that scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition. “Frankly, we were already falling … Continue reading →
Has Coventry ever declared a climate emergency and does it matter?
The UN Secretary General writes “We are on a fast track to climate disaster. Major cities under water. Unprecedented heatwaves. Terrifying storms. Widespread water shortages. The extinction of a million species of plants and animals. This is not fiction or … Continue reading →
UN’s Plan to Tackle Action on Internal Displacement
More people are currently displaced within their own countries than ever recorded before due to conflict, violence, disasters and the impact of climate change. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has doubled over the last ten years, with women, … Continue reading →
NATO to increase number high readiness forces by 700%
At a press conference held shortly before the Nato summit in Madrid, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that NATO would increase its Response Force from 40 thousand to more than 300 thousand in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine … Continue reading →
Russian journalist gives $103 million to UNICEF
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, who was the editor in chief of the independent Russian news service, Novaya Gazeta until it was closed by the Kremlin in March following sweeping new restrictions on journalists in the wake of the … Continue reading →
Widespread condemnation of overturning US abortion law
On 24 June 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, taking away the constitutional right to abortion, abandoning almost 50 years of precedent, and paving the way for states to ban abortion. UN … Continue reading →