Uniting for Peace are holding a zoom meeting on World Peace in Peril: Challenging False Narratives on 29th November 18:00-20:00. Speakers include Vijay Mehta, Chris Hedges, Andreu Ginestet, Rev. Brian Cooper, Frank Jackson. Bernie Holland and Luke Addison. The zoom link is here.

On Monday December 5th at 7.30pm Streatham & Clapham UNA will be hearing from Wojtek Krakowiak who attended the UN’s World Urban Forum held in Katowice in June on behalf of UN House Scotland.  Wojtek will be speaking on Making Cities Stronger, Greener and Better for all at around 7.45pm. This will follow a brief annual meeting (AGM) where all are welcome to hear more […]

At 2pm, we will hear from Dr Maria Varaki of the Department of War Studies at King’s College. She has worked for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in New York and for the Legal Advisory section of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Since November 2017 she has been […]

To mark United Nations' Human Rights Day 2022 on Sunday 11 December from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm, UNA Luton will hold a webinar focussing on Homelessness (global, national, local). The right to shelter is one of the most fundamental human rights. According to the UN Human Settlements Programme, over 100 million people globally have no home, and the number is […]

On 12th December at 6:45 pm, UNA Warwick will hold a webinar on COP 27: experiences, achievements, and ways forward led by Sarah Millar, Programme. Director, Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG) and Jason Garett, World Vision, both of whom attended the event. Here is the zoom link.

On 13th December at 7:30pm, UNA Harpenden is hosting a webinar talk on Privacy, Surveillance and the Internet  by Bruce Schneier of Harvard University. We are living in a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we have gained? Security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. Here is […]

On 14th December at 2:20pm. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Association is hosting a webinar on “Even the most impossible task offers opportunities”: Dag Hammarskjöld’s diplomacy, to be led by Dr Roger Lipsey, author of Hammarskjöld: A Life (2013) and of Politics and Conscience: Dag Hammarskjöld on the Art of Ethical Leadership (2020). A ticket costs £5. Please contact Lucie Portman to register and arrange payment […]