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Author: Trisha Rogers

COP 26 Update and Action on 2nd November

November 2, 2021November 4, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on COP 26 Update and Action on 2nd November

Update from COP 26 On G20: Last weekend, G20 leaders made some small steps towards limiting global warming to 1.5C. But there’s lots more work to do for world leaders […]

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An Action for us all before COP26

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on An Action for us all before COP26

The Billion Seeds Challenge: Planting Seeds of Hope Before COP26, and following the many activities of last month’s Big Green Week, do join other members of the Climate Coalition in […]

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COP26 must deliver on Loss and Damage Finance

October 20, 2021October 22, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on COP26 must deliver on Loss and Damage Finance

UNA LASER is among the signatories of the following letter to go to the Heads of States, Environment Ministers, President of COP26, Alok Sharma and the Heads of Delegations at […]

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Add Military Greenhouse Gas Emissions for COP consideration

October 13, 2021October 19, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Add Military Greenhouse Gas Emissions for COP consideration

UNA LASER is among the signatories of the following letter from the Arms, Militarisation and Climate Justice Working Group to Nigel Topping, UK High Level Champion for Climate Action at […]

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Write to your MP to help Afghanistan

October 12, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Write to your MP to help Afghanistan

Key features to note about the current Afghan situation are: Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic country with Baluch, Hazara, Pashtun, Tajiks and Turkmen (Pashtun and Tajiks constituting nearly 70% of the […]

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What next in Afghanistan?

August 29, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on What next in Afghanistan?

We have been horrified: by the incompetence of the international community’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in response to the Taliban’s successful takeover of power; and by the resultant suffering – and […]

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Press for Urgent Restoration of UK Aid

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Press for Urgent Restoration of UK Aid

Help the UNA LASER Working Group on Aid and Development The UNA LASER Working Group on Aid and Development, chaired by Catherine Pluygers, is building a network of volunteers who […]

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UNA LASER 2021 Summer Council summary and recording

July 18, 2021July 19, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on UNA LASER 2021 Summer Council summary and recording

The UNA LASER 2021 Summer Council was held on 17th July. It was organised by the Twickenham and Richmond UNA Branch (TRUNA). The theme was: The UN: Past – Present […]

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Urge the G7 leaders to ensure vaccines for all and to address Climate Change

May 29, 2021Trisha Rogers1 Comment on Urge the G7 leaders to ensure vaccines for all and to address Climate Change

UNA LASER is a member of the Crack the Crises coalition. There is an important opportunity to influence the G7 world leaders due to meet in Cornwall on 11th June. […]

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Calling for an immediate overhaul of the UK domestic oil and gas policy

May 25, 2021May 26, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Calling for an immediate overhaul of the UK domestic oil and gas policy

LASER – as a member of the Climate Coalition – has signed the following letter, coordinated by the Global Gas and Oil Network and being sent to the Prime Minsiter […]

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Urge HMG to help bring peace to Israel/Palestine

May 14, 2021June 1, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Urge HMG to help bring peace to Israel/Palestine

Please write to your MPs to ask them to urge her Majesty’s Government to help bring an urgent settlement in the Holy Land to achieve both peace and justice. Below […]

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The UK Glasgow Action Plan

May 10, 2021October 25, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on The UK Glasgow Action Plan

Here is the Gllsgoe Action Plan for COP26, with its 5 key actions that are needed to: Close the Gap to 1.5 deg C Address Loss and damage Increase climate […]

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Don’t Cut UK Aid to Yemen!

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Don’t Cut UK Aid to Yemen!

We have written on  behalf of LASER to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, urging them to give more support to the Yemen. These letters mnay be dealt with […]

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Write to PM, Defence Secretary & your MP about UK and TPNW

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Write to PM, Defence Secretary & your MP about UK and TPNW

The UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is effective from 22nd January 2021. LASER’s Chair has writtento the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary to encourage them to take […]

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Follow-up to WHAT NEXT FOR THE UN? Building a more secure world Festival

November 1, 2020December 2, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Follow-up to WHAT NEXT FOR THE UN? Building a more secure world Festival

Hundreds of people from all over the world joined us from 18th-24th October to agree actions for building a more secure world. Peace Child International joined us in creating nightly […]

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Hiroshima 75: promoting the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

August 4, 2020December 19, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Hiroshima 75: promoting the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear (ICAN) weapons is encouraging us to forward the following letter to our MPs this week (Hiroshima was 6th August; Nagasaki  9th August). We are […]

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Urgent briefing on humanitarian disaster in Yemen

July 12, 2020January 26, 2025Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Urgent briefing on humanitarian disaster in Yemen

Yemen: Two million under Fives are malnourished[1] UNICEF says “360,00 children will Die”[2]  UN Agencies are facing a major funding crisis after donors, including the UK, Saudi Arabia and the […]

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Asking Foreign Secretary urgently to save lives in Yemen

July 12, 2020December 19, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Asking Foreign Secretary urgently to save lives in Yemen

private.office@fco.gov.uk Dear Foreign Secretary I am writing to you on behalf of the United Nations Association London and South East Region out of extreme concern for the humanitarian situation in […]

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Support for the World Food Programme

May 10, 2020June 13, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Support for the World Food Programme

The BBC news report on the “worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World war” alerted us to the urgency of the need for the World Food Programme (WFP) to be […]

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Funding for the WHO

April 18, 2020May 10, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Funding for the WHO

LASER was appalled at President Trump’s decision to cut funding for WHO at this crucial time of  international cooperation in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Working with Sir Richard Jolly […]

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Supporting the Secretary General’s Call for a COVID-19 Global Ceasefire

April 12, 2020April 19, 2020Trisha RogersLeave a Comment on Supporting the Secretary General’s Call for a COVID-19 Global Ceasefire

On 23rd March 2020, UN Secretary General António Guterres said, “The fury of the virus illustrates the folly of war. That is why, today, I am calling for an immediate […]

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