On 5 June 2020, Elena Miron, Roxana Anton, Mohammed Aaqib and Philip Brown of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch explored World Environment Day. The theme this year was Biodiversity. The following video stimulated a discussion of zoonotic diseases. See … Continue reading →
On 31 May 2020 the United Nations Association Coventry Branch ran a teleconference about World No Tobacco Day. Philip Brown and Elena Miron discuss tobacco, how and why people get hooked and what the World Health Organization is doing to … Continue reading →
A review of the origin, current state and an idea for the future of International Day of Living Together on 16 May 2020 by Philip Brown, Secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch. He says that at present this … Continue reading →
In this telecast by the United Nations Association Coventry Branch on 15 May 2020, Philip Brown explores the background to this year’s theme “Families in Development: Copenhagen and Beijing + 25”. 2020 is the 25th anniversary of the Copenhagen Declaration … Continue reading →
Philip Brown of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch introduces a celebration of International Nurses Day 2020 and the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. He plays extracts from a conversation between the President of the International Council of … Continue reading →
A message from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on United Nations Day 24 October.
Continue reading →Every year, the global community commemorates World Humanitarian Day on 19 August to pay tribute to aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service, and to rally support for people affected by crises around the world. 19 August was … Continue reading →
World Toilet Day is a day to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis – a topic often neglected and shrouded in taboos. Today, 2.4 billion people are struggling to stay well, keep their children alive … Continue reading →
Every year $1 trillion is paid in bribes while an estimated $2.6 trillion are stolen annually through corruption – a sum equivalent to more than 5 per cent of the global GDP. In developing countries, according to the United Nations … Continue reading →
Many special days are officially recognised by the United Nations. See the list below for the days the UN recognises. Click here for the complete list of all UN observance days, weeks, years and decades. Note that many other days … Continue reading →