On February 18, UNA Harpenden hosted a talk on The Greatest Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today by Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School. A video recording of the talk can be viewed here.

The UN theme of this year’s International Mother Language Day is Multilingual education: a necessity to transform education. To mark this, UNA Luton – with Purbachal, the Eastern Sky, a Bangladeshi voluntary cultural organisation – is holding a virtual celebration of the contributions of mother-tongues to identities, cultures, enrichment and community cohesion on 26th February, 14:30-16:30. This is the zoom link. […]

Kings College Department of War Studies is holding a conference on 3 March, 09:00-17:30 in their Strand Campus, London WC2R 2LS, entitled Conflict, Security  and Development.  The cost is £5-£10. For further information and to register, follow this link.

On 7th March, 19:30, to mark International Women’s Day, UNA Wandsworth (a member of the South London United Nations Association, SLUNA) is hosting a public meeting entitled Afghanistan: Women and Girls – What Future? The speaker will be Mollie Tant, Rahela Trust for Afghan Women’s Education. The event will be at the Community Church, Werter Road, Putney, London SW15 2LL. For […]

On 15th March, 18:30, UNA Westminster, with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS is hosting as their 20th Annual International Law Lecture on Brexit, the Good Friday Agreement & the Constitutional Future of Northern Ireland. The lecture is being given by Professor Colin Harvey, Director, Human Rights Centre, School of Law, Queen's University, Belfast He has been an observer […]

On 18th March at 10:30, UNA Harpenden invites you to a talk at the Salvation Army, Leyton Green, Harpenden AL5 2TG on the Agonies of Empire: The Second American Civil War? by Dr Michael Fox, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science. Please register here.

The UNA-UK Policy Conference will be held on 1st April. 10:00 – 16:30 at Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA, as well as online. Therefore UNA LASER will not be holding a Spring Council and Policy Conference;  we encourage all our members to support this national event to consider key international issues. It will include an opportunity to meet […]

Hilary Evans of UNA Twickenham & Richmond has written: ​“Readers will probably be aware that Extinction Rebellion (XR) has now decided to quit actions causing public disruption. This year the priority will be on encouraging attendance rather than arrest, relationships rather than roadblocks.  ​“An event is being planned for Friday 21st April to which XR invites all people, all […]

On 22 April, 10:30-12:30, UNA Harpenden is holding a Discussion Group Meeting on The NHS: Reform or Privatise? at Park Hall, Leyton Road, Harpenden AL5 2LX. Participants will consider the NHS’s operational problems, structural problems, threats or risks, strategic solutions and tactical solutions. Registration is required no later than April 2.

The Joint Memorial Ceremony, the largest ever Israeli-Palestine peace event, will be online on 24th April at 18:30, BST. Every year the joint Memorial Ceremony takes place on Yom Hazikaron – Israel’s Memorial Day, a solemn day in which Israelis remember those they have lost to the ongoing violence – providing an opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians […]