UNA Warwick District on Post-COP28: a Success or Another Talking Shop? 

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On Saturday 20th January, 12:15 at Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, CV32 4RT, Warwick and District UNA is holding a hybrid meeting to include their AGM, followed, at 12:30, by Sarah Millar and Jason Garrett, talking about Post-COP28: a Success or Another Talking Shop? Here is the zoom link.

Universal Human Rights: goals for all to reach or mere political construct?

On 23rd January, 19:00 in the CPA Room at the Houses of Parliament, UNA Westminster is hosting its AGM, followed by a debate to mark the 75th anniversary of the UDHR on Universal Human Rights: goals for all to reach or mere political construct? Schona Jolly KC, Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths University, will lead the debate, which will be chaired by Baroness Frances D’Souza, […]

Climate Champions Team by UNA Twickenham and Richmond (TRUNA)

The Adelaide 57 Park Rd, Teddington, LONDON, United Kingdom

On 27th January, 12:00 TRUNA will be hosting Jon Holloway, Climate Champions Team, to talk about the work of the International Maritime Organisation, the only UN agency headquartered in the UK. This will be followed by the TRUNA AGM, when they will consider the future of TRUNA. The event will be upstairs at The Adelaide,Teddington TW11 0AU (just around the corner from Teddington station). […]

Twickenham and Richmond UNA (TRUNA) AGM

The Adelaide 57 Park Rd, Teddington, LONDON, United Kingdom

On 27th January, 12:00 TRUNA will be hosting Jon Holloway, Climate Champions Team, to talk about the work of the International Maritime Organisation, the only UN agency headquartered in the UK. This will be followed by the TRUNA AGM, when they will consider the future of TRUNA. The event will be upstairs at The Adelaide, Teddington TW11 0AU (just around the corner from Teddington station). Please […]

Inside Report on Russian Society

Leamington Spa Baptist Church Leamington Spa Baptist Church (Warwick Hall), Chandos Street, Warwick, England, United Kingdom

On 24th February, 12:30-14:45, UNA Warwick are hosting a hybrid event, at the Leamington Spa Baptist Church, CV32 4RN, on Inside Report on Russian Society, with speaker Dr James Pearce, historian and journalist. Two years since its invasion of Ukraine, Russian society has become more isolated from the west, but the country appears to be coping well. Is this look deceptive? […]

UNA Bexhill and Hastings AGM

On 24th February, 13:15, at the Quaker Meeting House, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1DG, UNA Bexhill and Hastings are hosting their AGM, followed at 14:00 by a public seminar on Refugees & Migrants and Local Communities, with speakers Sheila Kesby, Barbara Echlin and Bea Rogers discussing how to unite our local communities to welcome refugees and migrants. Please register here.

International Mother Language Day Celebrations

On 25th February, 16:00-18:00, UNA Luton is holding a webinar on Purbachal – the Eastern Sky, celebrating International Mother Language Day, which will combine talks, poetry, recitation, singing and a film, with cultural and faith diversity. Contributors include the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Luton Sixth Form College Principal and CEO, local MPs and Mayor. The celebration aims to raise awareness […]

Avoiding a Broader Middle East War – Building Bridges for Peace Between Israel and Palestine

On 27 February, 18:00-20:00, Uniting for Peace are holding their annual Spring Conference (online) on Avoiding a Broader Middle East War – Building Bridges for Peace Between Israel and Palestine, focusing on cultivating harmony. Speakers include Sarah Leah Whitson (Arab World Now), Jonathan Kuttab (Al-Haq and non-Violence International), Tony Greenstein (Palestine Solidarity Campaign), Vijay Mehta (Uniting for Peace), Ahmad Shahidov (Azerbaijan Institute for Democracy and Human Rights).  […]

Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash: The Continuing Search for Truth

On 29th February, 10:30 - 17:00, UNA Westminster is hosting an all-day online conference on Dag Hammarskjöld's plane crash: The Continuing Search for Truth. Our speakers at this all-day online conference will set out the landscape in which the UN inquiry has had to work, the obstacles it has faced, and identify those issues which deserve further and urgent […]

Strengthening Women’s Organisations at Grassroots Level

The Community Church Werter Road, London, England, United Kingdom

On 5th March, 19:30, at The Community Church, Werter Road, London SW15 2LL (opposite Sainsbury’s), SLUNA is holding an International Women’s Day event, Strengthening Women’s Organisations at Grassroots Level, chaired by Catherine Pluygers, Wandsworth UNA, with convenor Gillian Dare, former diplomat. The speaker will be Sierra Schraff Thomas, Womankind Worldwide. There will be refreshments. For further information, please contact Robert and Meena Storey  or Catherine […]