On 12th February, 19:30-21:00, the Amnesty activist-led UN Network will be hosting a free. open webinar on the UN Human Rights System: Essentials for Activists, with speakers Renzo Pomi (Amnesty International UN Representative in New York) and Anna-Karin Holmlund (Amnesty International UN Representative in Geneva) on how the UN can make a difference to global human rights and crisis situations and how […]

On 22nd February, 12:35-13:45, UNA Warwick are holding a meeting online and at the Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RN, on Challenging the UN Security Council Veto in the Face of Atrocity Crimes. The speaker is Professor Jennifer Trahan (of New York University’s Center for Global Affairs, author of Legal Limits to Security Council Veto Power in the Face of Atrocity Crimes). […]

On 22nd February, 13:15-17:00, UNA Bexhill and Hastings is holding a free meeting at St. Peter’s Community Centre, Church Street, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 2HE with a discussion on Rural Town Planning and Development, led by Stephen Hardy, preceded by a short AGM, and a tea break. The discussion will consider how the government’s National Housing Plans will affect plans to […]

On 24th February, 19:30, UNA Luton will be celebrating International Mother Language Day, to promote awareness about the day’s historical origins and the importance of promoting and preserving mother languages. They are important identities for all communities in plural societies, and the awareness of them can help to build Peace across Diversity. The zoom link is here, with meeting […]

The third event in their series looking at ways forward to end the Israel-Palestine conflict will be on 25th February, 19:00 at St Peter’s Hall, Leamington Spa CV32 5AA. Two Jewish activists with differing perspectives will share their views on the way ahead. They are Professor Haim Bresheeth (child of Holocaust survivors and author of An Army Like No Otherabout the Israeli Defence […]

On 11th March, 18:30, UNA Westminster – with the Bar Council, and the Centre for International Studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – will be holding at SOAS’ Brunei Gallery, London WC1H 0XG, the twenty-second annual Ruth Steinkraus-Cohen International Law Lecture, on Fragmented Refuge: It’s time to rebuild the case for humanity, marking the 75th […]

On 11th March, 19:30-21:30, UNA Wandsworth is celebrating International Women’s Day with a meeting on USA/UN Aid Crisis Hits Women the Hardest; What is to be done?. It will be in the Community Church, Werter Road, London SW15 2LL.

On 14th March, 18:00-20:00, UNA Luton will be celebrating International Women’s Day, with a virtual meeting on Rights, Equality, Empowerment for All Women and Girls to discuss global, national and local issues impacting gender equity. Speakers include Dr Nazia Khanum (on Key global challenges and progress re gender equality); Susan Beaumont (on Women’s Rights in Afghanistan), Debra Knight (on Nine Red Presents: Abuse and Violence Faced by Women) and Sadia Rahman (on Hijab: Perception […]

Our Policy Conference will be on 15th March, 2025, 12:00-18:00. It will be at Bermondsey Village Hall (close to London Bridge station), and online. Please bring a packed lunch. Drinks will be provided. If you would like to attend in-person, please register here. If you would like to join online, please register here. Thank you for the draft resolutions. The Policy Committee has met […]

On 17th March, 18:30-20:00, UNA Warwick District is hosting an online meeting on Middle East and Global Affairs. The speaker is Professor Yossi Mekelberg (from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House). He will consider the latest developments in: Gaza and Israel; the growing US-China rivalry; the war in Ukraine; the future of international institutions in an era of rising nationalism. […]