2011
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| 23 September |
Greenstock: Palestinian bid a 'sign of desperation' |
| 18 September |
Dag Hammarskjöld: 50th death anniversary |
| 10 September |
UNA-UK Chairman argues that the 'war on terror' was not the right response to 9/11 |
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| 26 August |
Autumn 2011 issue of New World magazine released |
| 26 August |
UNA-UK Executive Director responds to Guardian editorial |
| 26 August |
Attack on UN compound in Abuja |
| 23 August |
UN chief urges unity and national reconcilation in Libya transition |
| 10 August |
Horn of Africa crisis - aid needed |
| 3 August |
UN Security Council condemns Syria |
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| 26 July |
UNA-UK delegation at UN meeting on youth |
| 11 July |
South Sudan - world's newest state |
| 8 July |
Crisis in the Horn of Africa |
| 8 July |
DFID pledges £10m a year to UN Women |
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| 29 June |
UNA-UK Chairman and Foreign Secretary on Israel-Palestine |
| 21 June |
Ban reappointed as UN Secretary-General |
| 20 June |
World Refugee Day |
18 June |
UNA-UK's 2011 Policy Conference in Cardiff |
15 June |
Keep pressure on DFID to ensure funding for UN Women |
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26 May |
International Day of UN Peacekeepers: Head of UN Peacekeeping calls for greater UK support for operations |
24 May |
UNA-UK and IDDC call on institutions to 'make development inclusive' |
17 May |
UN APPG event: 'Have the UN Millennium Development Goals made a difference?' |
16 May |
UNA-UK calls for action on Syria |
16 May |
UN sets target to halve the number of LDCs |
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19 April |
UNA-UK's Summer edition of New World magazine is released |
1 April |
Lord Hannay: assertions that UNSCR 1973 overrides Libya arms embargo are fairly dubious; it is crucial to stick firmly to the mandate |
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31 March |
UNA-UK welcomes the announcement that the UK Bribery Act will enter into force |
18 March |
UN Security Council approves 'all necessary measures' to protect Libya's civilians |
14 March |
UNA-UK expresses deep condolences on Japan earthquake |
8 March |
UK and France draft 'no-fly zone' resolution |
7 March |
UN and partners launch Libya humanitarian appeal |
1 March |
Sir Jeremy Greenstock: 'sit with dictators but sup with a long spoon' |
1 March |
UN General Assembly suspends Libya from the Human Rights Council |
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28 February |
UNA-UK petition urges further action on Libya |
25 February |
Time for decisive action on Libya |
10 February |
Ban Ki-moon on Egypt: bold reforms, not repression |
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20 January |
New World Spring 2011 issue leads with article by William Hague |
19 January |
Margot Wallstrom urges action on sexual violence |
17 January |
UN expert on sexual violence in conflict to visit UK |
14 January |
UNA-UK urges government to press ahead with Bribery Act |
13 January |
Cote d'Ivoire: UN peacekeepers attacked |
5 January |
Cote d'Ivoire: continued tensions despite talks |
3 January |
Cote d'Ivoire: UN official claims evidence of extrajudicial killings |
2010
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22 December |
UNA-UK Chair calls for Cote d'Ivoire peacekeeping reinforcements |
18 December |
Pressure mounts for Lord's Resistance Army |
17 December |
UNA-UK releases recommendations on strengthening UN rights body |
17 December |
UNA-UK Chair writes to FCO on Olympic Truce resolution |
13 December |
UN Forum film released - what progress six months on? |
10 December |
Remembering human rights defenders |
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23 November |
Head of the UN World Food Programme addresses UNA-UK's youth wing |
23 November |
The real wealth of nations - Launch of Human Development Report in London |
20 November |
Act on child rights and child poverty on Children's Day |
8 November |
UN peacekeepers to attend Festival of Remembrance |
1 November |
Ten years of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security |
1 November |
Strife in the DRC |
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31 October |
Biodiversity conference agrees raft of measures |
24 October |
UNA-UK celebrates UN Day with a campaign launch |
19 October |
UNA-UK calls for continued inclusion of citizenship in education |
13 October |
Autumn issue of UNA-UK magazine New World highlights threats to biodiversity |
12 October |
New Security Council members elected |
10 October |
Death penalty - a global trend towards abolition? |
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23 September |
$40 billion pledged for women's and girls' health initiatives |
21 September |
International Day of Peace |
15 September |
Former Chilean President to head new UN women's agency |
15 September |
Letter from UNA-UK to the FT on the UK's nuclear posture |
9 September |
NATO SG Anticipates a Diminishing Role for Nuclear Weapons |
6 September |
UN Forum 2010 report now available |
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24 August |
International Day Against Nuclear Tests to be held |
19 August |
World Humanitarian Day |
4 August |
Pakistan floods: UN steps up relief efforts and appeals for help |
1 August |
Cluster ban comes into force |
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27 July |
Ban Ki-Moon calls to abolish nuclear weapons ahead of visit Hiroshima |
25 July |
Former Khmer Rouge found guilty of crimes against humanity |
15 July |
UNA-UK report on 2010 NPT Review Conference now available |
9 July |
Baroness Amos appointed as UN humanitarian chief |
8 July |
Sir Jeremy Greenstock to become chair of UNA-UK |
8 July |
‘Challenges facing the UN’ – Sir Mark Lyall Grant |
7 July |
UNA-UK Chair raises UK's 'Continuous at Sea Deterrence' policy with Foreign Secretary |
7 July |
Queen Elizabeth II hails UN’s leadership in ever-changing world |
2 July |
Historic move to create new UN women's agency |
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22 June |
Drought in Niger leaves millions at risk |
12 June |
Clark, Robinson and Blix deliver major speeches at UNA-UK's UN Forum |
7 June |
New UNA-UK Executive Director appointed |
1 June |
UNA-UK calls for inquiry into the Gaza flotilla incident and for an end to the blockade |
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27 May |
Summer 2010 issue of New World released - special UN Forum issue |
21 May |
UN Forum animation now online |
13 May |
UK PM and Deputy PM send messages for UN Forum 2010 |
3 May |
International press freedom day |
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9 April |
UNA-UK Chair Lord Hannay calls for action to get to 'nuclear zero' |
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27 March |
UNYSA annual conference: fighting poverty |
19 March |
Executive Director Sam Daws announces decision to move on |
8 March |
International Women's Day: UN calls for progress on all fronts |
5 March |
UNA-UK's General Election 2010 Hustings Guide |
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12 February |
UNA-UK helps launch Robin Hood Tax campaign |
12 February |
Spring 2010 issue of New World released - with special report on Haiti |
4 February |
UK launch of ICNND report on eliminating nuclear threats |
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27 January 2010 |
Remembering the victims of genocide |
21 January 2010 |
Cuts to the FCO budget threaten conflict prevention initiatives |
14 January 2010 |
Haiti earthquake: UNA-UK Chair calls on the UK government to help relief effort |
11 January 2010 |
Secretary-General sets out seven priorities for UN 2010 agenda |
10 January 2010 |
UNA-UK Chair, Lord Hannay, on a special edition of BBC's Today Programme |
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2009
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18 December 2009 |
Migration can benefit us all |
10 December 2009 |
Celebrating Human Rights Day |
3 December 2009 |
What is Britain's role in moving towards global nuclear zero? |
3 December 2009 |
Empowering persons with disabilities around the world |
24 November 2009 |
Violence against women - a problem of pandemic proportions |
20 November 2009 |
Universal Children's Day - a good day to help the world's children |
19 November 2009 |
Lord Hannay raises UNA-UK priorities in debate on Queen's speech |
26 October 2009 |
UK no longer 'safe haven' for genocide suspects |
24 October 2009 |
UN Day 2009: we share one planet, one home |
10 October 2009 |
UNA-UK releases new publication 'The Road to Copenhagen' |
9 October 2009 |
Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize: UNA-UK reaction |
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29 September 2009 |
New World launches UNA-UK's new Towards Zero initiative |
24 September 2009 |
UN Security Council adopts historic resolution on nuclear issues |
22 September 2009 |
UN climate change summit |
14 September 2009 |
The birth of a new UN agency for women? |
1 September 2009 |
WFUNA concludes successful Plenary Assembly in Seoul |
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30 August 2009 |
UN highlights growing tragedy of enforced disappearances |
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July 2009 |
The Millennium Development Goals 2009 report published |
7 July 2009 |
UNA-UK Chair hails victory for international justice on war crimes |
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29 June 2009 |
UK to ratify cluster munitions ban in 2010 |
9 June 2009 |
UNA-UK statement on ratification of UN disability convention |
5 June 2009 |
UN humanitarian chief delivers major speech at UNA-UK Annual Conference |
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22 May 2009 |
UNA-UK Chair Lord Hannay condemns arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi |
22 May 2009 |
UNA-UK’s inaugural Impact Report published |
7 May 2009 |
Latest issue of New World highlights violence against women |
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23 April 2009 |
UNA-UK Chair defends UK participation in racism conference |
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30 March 2009 |
Ban Ki-moon and the G20 London summit |
28 March 2009 |
Time for an Economic and Social Security Council at the UN? |
25 March 2009 |
Lord Hannay calls for inquiry into rendition allegations |
8 March 2009 |
International Women’s Day 2009 tackles violence against women |
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5 February 2009 |
UNA-UK urges UK to ratify UN disability convention |
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19 January 2009 |
Post-ceasefire Gaza humanitarian appeal |
13 January 2009 |
UNA-UK condemns killing of Sri Lanken journalist |
2008
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UNA-UK releases new human rights teaching pack |
9 December 2008 |
UNA-UK celebrates 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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UNA-UK urges British government support for stronger UN presence in the DRC |
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Launch of 'Lobby for the UN' 2008 |
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UNA-UK urges the government to stamp out piracy around the Horn of Africa |
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Do Something: Help save Zimbabwe from Mugabe |
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13 June 2008 |
UN Secretary-General delivers major speech to UNA-UK in London |
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29 May 2008 |
Diplomats approve cluster bomb ban |
29 May 2008 |
International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2008 |
22 May 2008 |
UN Human Rights Council: UK re-elected, Sri Lanka defeated |
14 May 2008 |
UNA-UK Chair Lord Hannay of Chiswick responds to questions from the UNA-UK membership |
07 May 2008 |
UN responds to disaster in cyclone-hit Burma |
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28 April 2008 |
UNA-UK presents cluster bomb ban petition to Foreign Secretary |
25 April 2008 |
New UDHR60 site |
04 April 2008 |
UNA-UK urges the government to ban all forms of cluster bombs |
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08 March 2008 |
Secretary-General's speech for International Women's Day 2008 |
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19 February 2008 |
Security Council divided over Kosovo |
07 February 2008 |
UK appoints new ambassador to the UN in Geneva |
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31 January 2008 |
Lord Hannay on the future of the Middle East |
11 January 2008 |
New early day motion on cluster munitions opens for signature |
02 January 2008 |
UN chief reflects on his first year in office |
2007
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13 December 2007 |
Last-gasp talks in Bali aimed at launching negotiations for Kyoto successor |
10 December 2007 |
UN celebrates Human Rights Day 2007 |
5 December 2007 |
The UN in a 'disordered' world |
4 December 2007 |
UN Development Programme scores first in global accountability rating |
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27 November 2007 |
UNDP report says human costs of climate change have been understated |
17 November 2007 |
UN report calls climate change 'unequivocal' |
15 November 2007 |
Death penalty moratorium clears first hurdle at the UN |
7 November 2007 |
Keynote speaker at Annual Conference 2008 announced |
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24 October 2007 |
Lobby for the UN launched on UN Day |
10 October 2007 |
Stand Up and Speak Out against poverty |
3 October 2007 |
UNA-UK supports 'March for Burma' |
1 October 2007 |
UN marks 'International Day of Older Persons' |
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24 September 2007 |
'The future in our hands' high-level meeting on climate change at the UN |
14 September 2007 |
UN General Assembly adopts landmark declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples |
5 September 2007 |
UN head makes first trip to Darfur as UNA-UK and partners urge world leaders, "Don’t look away now." |
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21 August 2007 |
Foreign affairs committee releases Middle East report with evidence from UNA-UK
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10 August 2007 |
UNA-UK calls on government to help revive Middle East peace process |
9 August 2007 |
International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples 2007 |
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31 July 2007 |
Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at UN Headquarters |
6 July 2007 |
UNA-UK partners with UNDP, ODI and APGOOD to host UK launch of the UN Millennium Development Report 2007 |
5 July 2007 |
The Oxford Handbook on the UN launched in London and New York |
2 July 2007 |
UNA-UK and partners host UK launch of NGO report assessing the Peacebuilding Commission's first year |
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28 June 2007 |
Brown creates Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations |
26 June 2007 |
UNA-UK co-hosts launch of Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2007 |
21 June 2007 |
The UN Human Rights Council: one year on |
20 June 2007 |
YPN and UNHCR host World Refugee Day event at Millbank Tower |
15 June 2007 |
UNA-UK supports call for death penalty moratorium at the UN |
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31 May 2007 |
Tell the G8 that the world can't wait to end poverty |
25 May 2007 |
UNA-UK convenes high-level UN APPG meeting on Darfur in Parliament |
22 May 2007 |
International Day of UN Peacekeepers marked around the world |
15 May 2007 |
Zimbabwe appointment to UN body draws global criticism |
15 May 2007 |
UNA-UK submits evidence on Middle East to Foreign Affairs Committee |
5 May 2007 |
Applying international law: Sierra Leone and Darfur |
1 May 2007 |
'Walk the World' with the World Food Programme |
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11 April 2007 |
UNA-UK launches new website |
11 April 2007 |
New World April-June 2007 released |
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| 22 March 2007 |
World Water Day 2007: 'Coping with Water Scarcity' |
| 20 March 2007 |
UK declares immediate ban on the use of 'dumb' cluster munitions |
| 15 March 2007 |
Parliament votes to renew Trident despite strong opposition |
15 March 2007 |
UK government to be investigated by OECD over corruption investigaiton |
8 March 2007 |
International Women's Day 2007 |
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1 February 2007 |
Edinburgh UNA workshop on Trident and the NPT |
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23 January 2007 |
Launch of UNICEF documentary tribute |
12 January 2007 |
China and Russia veto draft Security Council Resolution |
5 January 2007 |
New Secretary-General turns his attention to Darfur |
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