Members' Forum: The 'A' in UNA
Our new members' forum, The 'A' in UNA, features contributions by UNA-UK members on a wide range of UN issues. It also serves as a tool for members to report on branch and regional events. The name of the forum, The 'A' in UNA, is taken from a regular members' section in UNA-UK's former flagship magazine 'United Nations News' in the 1950s.
UNA-UK hopes that this forum will enable members from across the UK to exchange views, and that these contributions will stimulate public debate in support of a strong, credible and effective UN.
Only members of UNA-UK, our youth wing, UNA Youth, and the Young Professionals Network can submit contributions. Click here to join
UNA-UK's 2011 Policy-making ConferenceUNA-UK's 2011 policy-making conference took place on Saturday 18 June at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. Some 100 members from around the country took part in the event, debating pressing issues on the UN's agenda and discussing what action UNA-UK could take to further the UN's goals in the UK. Members also heard from UNA-UK Chairman Sir Jeremy Greenstock and Executive Director Phil Mulligan, who presented a draft of UNA-UK's new four-year strategic plan. The outcomes of the policy debates will be posted shortly. |
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Regional Branches celebrate UN Day 2010Regional UNA branches across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland came together on 24 October 2010 to celebrate UN Day. This year's UN Day commemorates 65 years since the entry into force of the United Nations Charter. You have been sending us your photos and stories telling us how you marked the occasion;
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Click here to listen to UNA-UK
member Malcolm Harper speaking
on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4
ARTICLES
Roma and racism in Europe
by Alan Phillips, Policy Commitee member
Click here to read the article
After Copenhagen
by Peter Greaves, UNA member
UNA member visits the Hague war
crimes tribunal on former Yugoslavia
by Luckshan Abeysuriya
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LETTERS
Letter to the editor of New World
from David J Thomas
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ARCHIVE
To read further submissions, click here
Guidance note on UNA-UK policy processesBOOKS
Dr Donn and Yahya Al Manthri argue that by importing a 'baroque arsenal' of increasingly sophisticated and costly educational programmes, the Arab Gulf States consume other countries' knowledge and products, all of which are of declining utility and sustainability.
VIDEOS
This film was entirely produced by students taking part in a joint initiative of UNA Liverpool branch, the local UNESCO committee and Anti-Slavery International.
To watch the second part of this video, click here
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions for consideration for inclusion on this members' forum should ideally be between 300 and 600 words. Topics must relate to an aspect of the UN or UNA-UK's work. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis and are edited at the discretion of UNA-UK.
Please send your submissions to Natalie Samarasinghe on samarasinghe(a)una.org.uk