We humans cannot live long, happy, healthy and prosperous lives without the help and support of thousands of other people whom we have never met. And they, in their turn, require that we help and support them in some small way as they live their lives. This is the incredible network we call civilization, the most amazing achievement which mankind has developed over the past few thousand years.

Being a citizen involves both rights and responsibilities. In order fully to take part in and benefit from civilization, we need to understand these rights and responsibilities. This is the subject of the domain known as “citizenship”.

We are each citizens of many different domains:

• we are citizens of our village, town or city
• we are citizens of our country
• we are citizens of the world

United Nations Association Projects

Many of the projects being organised by the United Nations Association Coventry Branch relate to citizenship.