On 21 May 2025 UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a statement explaining the Sustainable Development Goals are alarmingly off-track and the lives and futures of millions of people hang in the balance. Donors are pulling the plug on aid commitments … Continue reading →
May 20 The video below shows part of a press briefing at noon on 20 May 2025 by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, dealing with the situation of aid entering Gaza but not being distributed as well as … Continue reading →
During the United Nations Association UK Conference in London on 12 April 2025, David Cheesman and Anita Punwani delivered a presentation which explained that global governance is currently at risk because the United Nations is totally ineffective in resolving world … Continue reading →
Israel has not allowed any aid to be delivered to Gaza since 2 March 2025 and no electricity shortly after. Food, water and medicine are running out, leaving thousands of Palestinians without basic necessities. The United Nations says people face … Continue reading →
Below you can find a presentation designed for delivery in schools and other venues which UNA Coventry volunteers are planning to deliver as a workshop in the city. This page is designed to provide our volunteers with the resources they will … Continue reading →
In an extraordinary and shameful meeting before the world’s press in the White House on 28 February 2025, US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of disrespectful behaviour towards the United … Continue reading →
On 18 February 2025, the third anniversary of Russia’s totally illegal invasion of Ukraine, the habitual liar Donald Trump blamed Ukraine, addressing President Zelensky as follows: You should have never started [the war]. You could have made a deal… I … Continue reading →
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) on January 27 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp complex at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Russian troops. Around a million people were killed there as the Nazis tried to exterminate … Continue reading →
On 14 January, outgoing U.S. Secretary Antony J. Blinken addressed the Atlantic Council on the subject “Toward the Promise of a More Integrated Middle East”. The video below contains his speech, the text of which can be found here. The … Continue reading →
An International Conference entitled “Educating Girls in Muslim Societies: Challenges and Opportunities” was held in Islamabad from 11 to 12 January 2025. Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta reported that Egypt’s Grand Mufti, Professor Dr. Nazir Ayyad, chaired the opening session of the conference … Continue reading →