What is the United Nations?
Follow this link for a short presentation or watch the 3 minute video below … Continue reading →
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Author of the history of the universe website, Time Crystal which tells the same story as a work of fiction, and many other websites as listed on his blog.
Culture of Peace
The idea of peace has long been presented as one of the most cherished goals of humanity, a vital precondition to fulfilling its potential. Peace is an overarching expression that denotes the ambitious quest of living together in harmony. The … Continue reading →
House of Commons Declares a Climate Emergency – Video
On 1 May 2019 the House of Commons passed a Labour Party motion declaring a climate emergency. More information is given on the CovCAN website. … Continue reading →
Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN)
United Nations Association Coventry Branch has formed Coventry Climate Action Network (CovCAN) to bring together students, citizens, politicians, activists and anyone concerned about climate change to discuss how to encourage others to make changes that will help reduce our greenhouse … Continue reading →
Human Rights Issues
The following list of human rights issues is taken from the OHCHR website. See their website for the latest list. Adequate Housing Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and … Continue reading →
Witchcraft & Human Rights Information Network
The Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN) is a response to the widespread violations of human rights that take place around the world due to the beliefs in witchcraft and spirit possession. They aim to deliver greater understanding and … Continue reading →
Witchcraft and Human Rights
In September 2017 the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights organised a UN Experts Workshop on Witchcraft and Human Rights in Geneva. The organisers were Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, … Continue reading →
Albinism and Human Rights
People with albinism are subject to many harmful traditional practices that violate their human rights. In Africa in particular, violence is common, including killings and ritual attacks, trade and trafficking of body parts for witchcraft purposes, infanticide and abandonment of … Continue reading →
UNFCCC
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty whose objective is to “stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. UNFCCC is … Continue reading →
Warwick University Student to Run Human Rights Project in Coventry
Law student Salome Kiknadze has been selected to deliver a Human Rights in Action programme in Coventry supported by the local branch of the United Nations Association and the World Federation of UNAs in Geneva. In order to win this … Continue reading →