2010

8 July: ‘Challenges facing the UN’ – Sir Mark Lyall Grant

On 8 July, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the UN (UN APPG), for which UNA-UK acts as secretariat, hosted a talk and Q&A in the House of Lords with Sir Mark Lyall Grant, UK Ambassador to the UN.

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4 February: ‘Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers’

On 4 February, the United Nations APPG, for which UNA-UK acts as the Secretariat, the APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation and the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation co-convened the launch of the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament – ‘Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers’.

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2009

16 November: ‘Prevention is everybody’s responsibility’

The UN APPG co-hosted a meeting in the House of Commons with Dr Francis Deng, UN Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide. Dr Deng emphasised that prevention is key, and outlined the role of the Office of the Special Adviser in monitoring trends, analysis and acting as a catalyst in the mobilisation of the international community.

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13 July: ‘Building Peace through the United Nations’ - Sir John Sawers

This event hosted a talk by Sir John Sawers, British Ambassador to the UN in New York entitled 'Building Peace through the United Nations'.

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18 March - ‘The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All ’- Gareth Evans

This event hosted a talk by Gareth Evans, President and Chief Executive of the International Crisis Group exploring the key points and the obstacles currently blocking effective implementation of the the responsability to protect concept.

2008

14 October: AGM and event on 'Soaring prices, rising hunger: What next in the global food crisis?'

This event highlighted and debated the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation's approach to tackling the world food crisis. Dr Jacques Diouf Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, spoke at this event and it was chaired by Rt Hon. Tony Baldry MP Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development.

11 June: Panel discussion of 'New World Disorder', a book by UNA-UK Chair Lord Hannay of Chiswick

After an overview of the book responses were given by Sir Michael Wood (Senior Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, barrister at 20 Essex Street, and former Legal Adviser to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) and Sir Jeremy Greenstock (Director of the Ditchley Foundation, former British Ambassador to the UN, and former British Special Representative in Iraq).

2007

23 July: Annual General Meeting and private meeting with Sir John Sawers

Sir John Sawers, the newly appointed Permanent Representative of the UK to the United Nations, met with the group's members to speak informally about his new role.

16 May: Colin Keating, Executive Director of Security Council Report

Colin Keating, New Zealand’s Ambassador to the UN in New York between 1993 and 1996, gave a talk entitled ‘The United Nations Security Council: From Rwanda to Darfur, Lessons Not Learned’. Click here to listen to a recording of the meeting and to view photographs and a biography of Colin Keating.

2006

8 November: Sir Emyr Jones Parry, British Ambassador to the United Nations in New York

Sir Emyr Jones Parry delivered a speech to the meeting entitled ‘The United Nations in 2007: Challenges for the Next Secretary-General’ in the Moses Room of the House of Lords. The talk was followed by a question-and-answer session, chaired by Lord Hannay of Chiswick, Vice-Chair of the UN APPG and former British Ambassador to the UN. Hugh Robertson MP, Chair of the UN APPG, opened the event.
Click here to view a biography of Sir Emyr Jones Parry.

21 June: Annual General Meeting

2005

28 November - Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications & Chief Speechwriter to the UN Secretary-General

Edward Mortimer gave an address to the Group on the future of the UN in light of the September 2005 World Summit at the UN in New York. This talk, under Chatham House rules, was held in the Grimond Room and was followed by a question-and-answer session that was chaired by Lord Hannay, Vice-Chair of the UN APPG. Click here to view a biography of Edward Mortimer.

12 July: Annual General Meeting