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 […]

On 2 May, 18:30, UNA Westminster is holding a public meeting in Room 4A, House of Lords on Towards Press Freedom: New hope or false dawn? to mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day (3 May) and also the 10th anniversary of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists. Speakers will include: Lord David Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Chair […]

On 18th May, 18:00-21:00, UNA Climate and Oceans Chair, Gonzalo Alvarez, will be speaking – along with Alice Tebb, Marine Conservation Society, Oliver Sterno, Plastic-Free Eastbourne – at a free public meeting on Beachy Head East Marine Conservation Zone, part of the Spring Water Festival at the Lansdowne Hotel, Eastbourne. Please register here.

UNA Harpenden: On 20th May, 10:30-12:30, UNA Harpenden are holding a free in-person meeting on Realism, Ethics and the Ukraine War at the Salvation Army, Harpenden AL5 2TG. The speaker will be Emeritus Professor Richard Sakwa, University of Kent. Please RSVP here.

UNA Warwick District: On Saturday 20th May, 12:30 - 13:45 there will be a hybrid meeting considering The role of the International Community in the Wars in South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. The speakers will be Dr Lutz Oette, Professor of International Human Right Law, SOAS, and co-director of the SOAS Centre for […]

On 23rd May, UNA Westminster, with the Royal United Services Institute and UNA-UK is organising the 20th Annual Conference to mark the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. It will feature a panel discussion on peacekeeping training followed by the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Lecture. More information and details for registration will be posted on the websites of UNA Westminster and UNA […]

On 23 May,13:00 – 15:00, UNA Westminster, with UNA-UK and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) is organising the 20th International Day of UN Peacekeepers Conference (online), commemorating the International Day of UN Peacekeepers with practitioners, academics and policymakers focused on peacekeeper training. This event will pay tribute to the men and women who have served and continue to serve in […]