Below is a talk that Natalie Samarasinghe delivered on 19 September 2020 to UNA Warwick District entitled UN75 – Designing a Roadmap to The Future We Want, The UN We Need She is Executive Director of UNA-UK temporarily working at the … Continue reading →
This article is based on one first published on the UNA-UK website on 26 August 2020. Earlier this year the UK Government committed to hold the largest review of the UK’s foreign, defence, security and development policy since the end … Continue reading →
Together First is a campaign formed from a coalition of over 150 NGOs which was launched at the Paris Peace Forum alongside the Stimson Center, the Igarapé Institute, CIVICUS and the Chinese Initiative on International Law. Together First is committed … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website on 8 July 2020. UNA-UK was delighted to hear that states have reached an agreement on a declaration to commemorate the UN’s 75th anniversary. You can find out how the declaration evolved here. As … Continue reading →
Below is UNA-UK’S response to the announcement of the intention to merge the Foreign Office and Department for International Development, first published on the UNA-UK website on 16 June 2020. UNA-UK was dismayed to hear that the Government intends to … Continue reading →
This article by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is the foreword to the UNA-UK’s report Climate 2020: The path ahead The recovery from COVID-19 should be focused on securing a sustainable, equitable and resilient future. There are six climate actions that … Continue reading →
UNA-UK has released a major report on implementing the climate deal agreed by UN member states in Paris in 2015. Climate 2020: The path ahead is the fifth in a series of major reports on the Paris Agreement on climate change. We have … Continue reading →
The Together First campaign is commissioning a series of reports looking deeper into specific issues arising from the erosion of multilateralism in our global system. For the first of these expert reports, they have commissioned Mona Ali Khalil to address … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website on 14 May 2020. The Together First campaign has launched its “to do list” for global leaders in their latest report “Stepping stones for a better future”. The report presents 10 ideas … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website. UNA-UK exists to promote the idea of global cooperation towards the aims of a safer, fairer and more sustainable world. In the aftermath of a divisive, and electorally decisive, General Election … Continue reading →