Each year, the Global Sustainable Development Department at the University of Warwick runs a Global Sustainable Development Competition for year 11 and 12 students (students aged between 15 and 17 years). The department established the competition to engage with talented … Continue reading →
Marina Ponti, Global Director of UN SDG Action Campaign, circulated the following message. I am writing to you as we turn the page on yet another difficult year. It is no secret that 2023 has been a year of polycrisis … Continue reading →
UNA-UK is calling on the UK Government to immediately suspend arms sales to Israel in the face of overwhelming evidence suggesting that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes. UNA-UK condemns the heinous … Continue reading →
UNA-UK CEO Marissa Conway made the following statement following the agreement at Conference of the Parties (COP28) to “transition away from fossil fuels”. It has long been clear that any serious commitment to keeping global warming below 1.5°C must go … Continue reading →
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is one of the specialised agencies of the United Nations. It was founded in London in 1945. For over 75 years UNESCO’s aim has been to foster peace through building mutual understanding … Continue reading →
This letter was published on the Musalaha website. Musalaha is an organisation that has for 32 years been building grassroots relationships across divided communities in Israel /Palestine. We at Musalaha lament the devastation and unfolding tragedies in Gaza and Sourthern … Continue reading →
The following statement was made in Jerusalem on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, by Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today could have been a celebration of the 75th anniversary of … Continue reading →
The following is a transcript of a press briefing on the humanitarian situation in Gaza by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in Geneva on 7 December 2023. Today marks two months to the day since the … Continue reading →
On 6 December 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote the following letter to the current President of the Security Council, Permanent Representative of Ecuador Jose Javier de la Gasca Lopez Dominguez. Dear Mr. President, I am writing under … Continue reading →
Notes by Barrie Oxtoby following a meeting organised by United Nations System Staff College, Turin, Italy on 5 Dec 2023. The virtual event focussed on the nature of leadership in the face of the radical transformational change posed by the … Continue reading →
