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	08 AUGUST 2008 New World Summer 2008 issue released The new issue of UNA-UK's flagship quarterly magazine leads with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's first major public speech in the UK. Other contributions include Force Commander Martin Luther Agwai on the urgent need to reinforce the UN-AU mission in Darfur; Luis Alfonso de Alba on the Human Rights Council; and Boudewijn J. van Eenennaam, who shines the spotlight on Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan. UNA-UK also reflects on its role in the successful global campaign to secure a Cluster Munitions Convention and looks at the UN’s efforts to stamp out sexual abuse by its peacekeepers. Click on the cover on the left to download a copy of the magazine. UNA-UK members get New World delivered to their doorstep. Join today by clicking here!

©avaaz.org	02 JULY 2008 Do Something: Help save Zimbabwe from Mugabe The recent elections in Zimbabwe have been heavily criticised by many governments around the world. In the run-up to the 27 June run-off presidential election, nearly 90 opposition supporters were killed and as many as 2,000 jailed. Surrounded by such violence and intimidation, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the vote, and the UN Security Council unanimously declared that a free and fair election was impossible given the campaign of violence prevailing in the country. Mugabe has since declared victory in the poll for which he was the only candidate. Support Morgan Tsvangirai and condemn the actions of Mugabe - Avaaz has launched an online petition to South African President Thabo Mbeki and other Southern African leaders urging them to work for a legitimate Zimbabwean government that reflects the will of its people. Click here to sign the petition and show your support.

© UNA-UK/ Marcus Dawes	13 JUNE 2008 UN Secretary-General delivers major speech to UNA-UK in London UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered a speech under UNA-UK’s auspices in his first major public appearance in the UK. In the speech, entitled ‘Securing the Common Good: The United Nations and the Expanding Global Agenda’, Mr Ban praised UNA-UK’s role in cultivating constructive UK government engagement with the UN and in ‘explaining the UN to the UK while helping to convey the concerns of British citizens to the UN’. He said that the international community had ‘a unique opportunity to enhance the UN’s central role in world affairs’ to deliver results for a more prosperous, more secure and more just world. Read the full speech. View pictures of the event.
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