Designing a Roadmap to The Future of the UN
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 →
UNA Coventry’s Litter Pick featured in local press
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 →
The People of Calais
Care4Calais have launched #PeopleofCalais, a video series which gives a voice to people sleeping rough in Calais. Refugees tell their stories, in their own words, focusing not on their experiences as refugees in camps or on boats, but on their … Continue reading →
Young People’s Peace Essay Competition 2020
In November 2020 the United Nations Association Coventry Branch will run the world’s first Young People’s Peace Essay Competition the winners of which will be announced during Coventry Peace Festival. They invite young people aged up to 25 to submit … Continue reading →
Litter Pick Swanswell Park Photos
Members of Sikh Sangat from Gurdwara Gurn Nanak Prakash on Harnall Lane Joined the Muslim Community from Eden Girls School with the Christian Community to participate in the ‘Great British September Clean’ to clean Swanswell Park, the local park serving … Continue reading →
UN75 Interim Report
A second report on the feedback from the UN75 global consultation over the future of the UN was released on 21 September. Here are some of the highlights so far. The findings show that health is the most pressing issue … Continue reading →
Peace Word Searches
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 →
Free Website Training School
Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation are working with the United Nations Association Coventry Branch to create a free school which will train volunteers in how to create and manage websites, email, video and a number of other … Continue reading →
UN General Assembly’s 75th Anniversary Events
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 →
UNICEF WASH Programme
For children to grow up healthy and happy, they need access to clean water, proper sanitation, and good hygiene. Unicef’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (WASH) is a key part of many humanitarian response programmes. It’s about health; a lack … Continue reading →
Have your say on the UK’s Integrated Review
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 →
School of International Futures
The School of International Futures (SOIF) was founded in 2012 to: help policy makers and business leaders improve the present and the future by using foresight and futures-methods to make better strategic choices about the future improve the quality of … Continue reading →
National Strategy for the Next Generations
The National Strategy for the Next Generations (NSxNG) programme was launched in May 2020 jointly by the School of International Futures (SOIF) and King’s College London’s Centre for Grand Strategy. The programme explores how nations can develop national strategies that are … Continue reading →
Integrated Review: Call for Evidence
The following call for evidence from the public was published on 13 August 2020 on the UK Government’s website. It invites the public to provide your response by completing the attached Word template. This template should be sent to IRcallforevidence@cabinetoffice.gov.uk … Continue reading →
Centre for Grand Strategy
The Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London seeks to bring a greater degree of historical and strategic expertise to statecraft, diplomacy and foreign policy. Through a series of research projects, external engagement activities and a number of undergraduate … Continue reading →
Has Pandemic Damaged World Health Organisation’s Credibility? – Podcast
http://unacov.uk/audio/BurnhamOnWHO.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSOn 27 June Professor Gilbert Burnham, Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA addressed the UNA Warwick District Branch on the subject “Has the … Continue reading →
WASUP
World Against Single Use Plastics (WASUP) is the brainchild of Professor Abdul Rasheed Gatrad, Professor in Paediatrics at the Universities of Kentucky, USA, and Wolverhampton, UK. Originally called Walsall Against Single Use Plastics at its launch last year it has … Continue reading →
Is Litter Picking Worth the Effort?
Some activists argue that such volunteer clean-ups are not the best way to tackle the plastic pollution that is choking rivers, destroying once-beautiful beaches and costing the lives of whales, seabirds and other wildlife. Critics argue that public cleanups do not … Continue reading →
Volunteer
Want to meet some interesting people and help make the world safer, fairer and more sustainable? Want to gain valuable experience in planning and organising fantastic events? Or fancy writing web articles about climate change, international peace and security, human … Continue reading →
An Invitation to Pick Some Litter in Coventry
Coventry United Nations Association invites you to pick some litter in Coventry We have organised three events in Coventry during the Great British September Clean. Due to COVID restrictions we have to limit the number of people who can take … Continue reading →