Global Compact Network UK
Global Compact Network UK is the UK arm of the UN Global Compact. Its website explains that the UN Global Compact is a purely voluntary initiative with two objectives: Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world Catalyse … Continue reading →
UN Global Compact
Wikipedia records that The United Nations Global Compact is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is a principle-based framework for … Continue reading →
UN75.uk Website
UNA Coventry has created the website UN75.uk to allow people to take part in the UN75 conversation online. It contains several categories of topics which need to be considered for example: Climate Change Conflict and Violence Demographic Change Digital Technologies … Continue reading →
Trends, risks and tipping points
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website and in their members’ magazine. Earlier this year, the UN’s Global Assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystems was released. One of the press headlines simply read: “We are in trouble.” Based … Continue reading →
Human rights up front
This article by Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, was first published on the UNA-UK website. In November 2012, an independent review, commissioned by then-Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, issued a highly critical report. The subject was the UN’s … Continue reading →
UNA-UK statement on the 2019 General Election
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 →
Conservative Party’s priorities for the UN
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website. Before the general election on 12 December, UNA-UK wrote to all major UK political parties and asked: what would your Party’s priorities be at the UN and how will you inspire … Continue reading →
Global Fires Video
Video showing global fires from December 2018 to November 2019 created by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts using data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/fire-activity … Continue reading →
Elders demand World Leaders to support Multilateralism
The Elders published the following appeal on 3 December. The multilateral system is under unprecedented attack. Isolationist and arbitrary actions by leading powers, including the United States, are threatening to undermine critical efforts to tackle global challenges from nuclear disarmament … Continue reading →
$348 million needed for critical humanitarian needs of Palestinians in 2020
The Prime Minister of the State of Palestine, H.E. Dr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, and the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick, have launched the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2020 in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The 2020 HRP appeals for $348 … Continue reading →
Take our Human Rights Quiz!
How much do you know about Human Rights? Our Human Rights Quiz will probe your knowledge! If you want a certificate based on your level of knowledge, please click on the button below to make a donation to the United … Continue reading →
Why is there a backlash against climate policies?
The following is a transcription of an episode from the BBC programme The Inquiry which can be heard and downloaded from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyth0 About the broadcast A year ago more than a quarter of a million people took to the streets … Continue reading →
UN Expert Condemns US Decision to “Jettison International Law”
This report was originally published by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights. GENEVA (19 November 2019) – The announcement by the US Secretary of State that Israeli settlements do not violate international law is a decisive … Continue reading →
World heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise unless countries cut emissions
A United Nations Environment Programme Report [1] published on 26 November 2019 says that, even if all current unconditional commitments under the Paris Agreement are implemented, the world is nevertheless heading for a 3.2°C temperature rise. The Intergovernmental Panel on … Continue reading →
State of the Global Climate 2018
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Statement on the state of the global climate in 2018 was published on 25 November 2019. The following are the highlights of the report, originally published here. The full report is available here. 2018 is … Continue reading →
Questions to Ask General Election Candidates 2019
The following questions were suggested on UNA-UK website. What will you do to support the United Nations? What is your approach to nuclear disarmament? Do you support the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)? How can the UK take … Continue reading →
UNA-UK General Election Manifesto 2019
This article was first published on the UNA-UK website 1 November 2019. The UK will hold a General Election on 12 December 2019. Clearly, debates around the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, a matter on which UNA-UK remains neutral, … Continue reading →
The Elders condemn US shift on Israeli settlements as attack on international law
Published by the Elders on 20 November 2019. “The US position is bad law made in bad faith.” – Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders. The Elders today strongly condemned the policy shift announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo … Continue reading →
Very Simplified Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1 We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated in the same way. 2 These rights belong to everybody. 3 We all have the right to life. 4 Nobody has … Continue reading →
Take Part in UN75
To mark its 75th anniversary, the United Nations will launch #UN75 on 2 January 2020. It will be the biggest-ever global conversation on the role of global cooperation in building the future we want. Why #UN75? Tackling issues such as … Continue reading →