In September, UNA Coventry working with students from Eden Girls’ School and Coventry University, young people from Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash, police officers and Coventry City Council spent two hours collecting litter during the Great British September Clean organised by … Continue reading →
Word searches are a great literacy exercise for children and are used both in homes and schools. On this page, the United Nations Association will publish word searches that encourage younger children to think about the word “peace” and ideas … Continue reading →
Find, watch & share hundreds of events in September & October 2020. Search by topic date or key word: UNGA Virtual Guide More about the General Assembly What is the UNGA? The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is one of the … Continue reading →
The transmission from animals to people of the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken the world by surprise, but it should not have done. In their report “Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health” published in 2015 [1], the Secretariat … Continue reading →
On 23 March 2020 the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, appealed to all warring parties across the world to lay down their arms in support of the bigger battle against  COVID-19 — the common enemy that is now threatening … Continue reading →
Once the COVID-19 lockdown ends, tracing the contacts of people who become infected and telling them to self-isolate will be the only way to stop the disease spreading again, until a vaccine is available. This can be achieved by people … Continue reading →
On International Day of Multilateralism 24 Apr 2020 and as part of the UN75 initiative, the UN Office at Geneva hosted a virtual conversation on Multilateralism in the time of COVID-19 during which students engaged with the heads of key … Continue reading →
This article is based on one originally published by EN24.news on 24 April 2020. During a tele-conversation called “Multilateralism in the Time of COVID-19” organised by the UN Office in Geneva as part of UN75, students told the heads of … Continue reading →
In the face of the current restrictions on meetings due to COVID-19, Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation have launched a teleconference facility aimed at bringing communities together for meetings of up to 99 people for up to … Continue reading →
On 23 January, the United Nations Association Coventry Branch organised its first UN75 conversation. UN75 is a global conversation the United Nations is running during 2020 to answer 3 questions: What kind of world do people want in 2045 (the … Continue reading →