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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 UNYSA and Young Professionals Network can submit contributions. Click here to join!

Editor's Pick

6 March 2010 - UNA-UK Awards for Distinguished Service
On 6 March 2010, UNA-UK honoured five long-serving members for their invaluable service to the Association with the new ‘Award for Distinguished Service’. This award is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to UNA-UK’s work at the local level. The recipients of the 2010 Awards are:

Dr Tony Abrams, nominated by UNA North-West Region
Charles Reid, nominated by UNA Scotland
David Shepherd, nominated by UNA Eastern Region
Andrew Watts, nominated by UNA Central Region
David Wardrop, nominated by UNA London & South East Region
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PHOTO SECTION

Representatives from UN organisations who
attended UN Day in Armagh PRESS RELEASE


From Left: Mrs Christine Adams for UNICEF; Deputy Mayor,
Councillor Gareth Wilson; Mr Eoin McCrea for UNESCO;
Archbishop Alan Harper, Chairperson for the Governors of the Armagh
Obsevatory and Armagh Planetarium; Mr Arthur Acheson for CEWC;
Mrs Hilary Sloan for UNA; Mrs Hazel Holmlund for UNIFEM and
Professor Mark Bailey for the Armagh Observatory.

LETTERS

Letter to the Editor from Martin Jackson click here
Letter to the Editor from David J Thomas click here
Letter to the Editor from Peter Greaves click here

ARTICLES & BOOKS

Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights, David J. Whittaker
Longstanding UNA-UK member David J. Whitaker is an expert on terrorism and formerly Senior Lecturer in international relations at the University of Teeside. His new book is assesses counter-terrorist policy and human rights worldwide, and covers a wide breadth of international material.
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Continuation of reform by other means
by Alexa Van Sickle, YPN member and freelance journalist
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Korea revisited - a brief memory of fighting with the United Nations in 1953 by Major Gospatric Home.T.D.
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Towards a world without nuclear weapons
Dr Gari Donn, Covenor, UNA Edinburgh branch
Click here to read the presentation

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Five reasons for choosing natural fibres
Keith Maddison, UNA Shrophire branch
Click here to read the article

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Safeguarding journalists
by Keith Hindell, UNA London & South-East Region
Click here to read the article


TALKS

Nuclear non-proliferation talk, Shropshire branch (Church Stretton), Tristan Price, click here to read more

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