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The United Kingdom’s aid budget is set to be slashed for the third time in three years, with development organisations bracing for a £1.7 billion cut to be made in […]

UNA LASER Campaign Alert: April 2023  What took the aid so long? The UN Must Accelerate its Crisis Response  A recent investigation by the BBC uncovered some harrowing information regarding […]

Under the UN Convention on the Law Of the Seas (UNCLOS), and for decades, the High Seas have been considered international waters, and therefore noone’s waters. They have been over-exploited, […]

Background Human rights and dignity for all – the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2023 is the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which has led […]

While the majority of what we read on the news focuses on conflicts closer to our doorstep, we should not turn our backs on the ongoing political crisis unfolding in […]

    We Must Not Turn Our Backs on Somalia Famine has, once again, come to Somalia, a country on the Horn of Africa which has had its fair share […]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has announced that she will not be seeking a second term in office after her current one expires at the end […]

Chair of UNA Westminster, David Wardrop, has given the following response to the BBC programme The Whistle-blowers: Inside the UN The BBC programme The Whistle-blowers: Inside the UN’ will have shocked […]

In July 2021, The Nationality and Borders Bill was introduced to Parliament. It contained provisions about nationality, asylum, immigration, victims of slavery and human trafficking. The UK government stated that […]

Since 2004, The Houthi movement has been leading an insurgency against the military in Yemen. In 2014, tensions between Houthis and government forces escalated into outright civil war. Protests around […]

COP 26 – Summary and Action Summary This summary is mostly from Gareth Redmond-King of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, whose Director, Peter Chalkley, is a keynote speaker at […]

Update from COP 26 on 12th November The latest COP26 draft political text, published early on Friday 12th, is significantly more balanced than the previous one, with stronger elements on […]

Update from COP 26 on 10/11 Cover text: The first draft of the cover text (the political umbrella text coming out of the summit) was published overnight. The text includes: Commitment […]

Update from COP 26 on 8th November Adaptation, Loss and Damage day has led to Christian Aid reporting that climate change could cause 64% GDP hit to world’s vulnerable countries. […]

Update from COP 26 on 4th November Historic Pledges: According to analysis from Climate Resource, new COP26 pledges bring projected warming to below 2°C for the first time in history. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The following is a report from the LASER Spring Council meeting at which our speaker event focussed on the issue of migration. The Region was very fortunate to have two […]