United Nations Association Coventry Podcasts: Recent Episodes
United Nations Association Coventry Podcasts
On 15 April 2023 Mr David Wardrop MBE addressed a meeting of UNA Warwick District on the topic:
UNESCO – the UN’s most fascinating AgencyUNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisation. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding and a more perfect knowledge of each others lives. Furthermore UNESCOs programme contributes to the achievement of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals as defined in the 2030 Agenda, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. UNESCOs greatest contribution is the preservation of our cultural heritage.
David Wardrop has chaired the Westminster United Nations Association since 2001, having joined UN Association in 1974. In the 1990s, he led the national campaign to return the UK to membership of UNESCO. He has introduced annual events marking the UN’s work in international law and peacekeeping, and also secured the naming of United Nations Green facing Westminster Abbey and Central Hall Westminster, host to the UN’s inaugural meeting in 1946.
David has been responsible for establishment and organising the annual memorial ceremony at the Cenotaph for UN Peace-Keepers and a day conference held in partnership with UN Association Westminster and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and UNA-UK. Westminster UN Association hosts the news service on the UN’s re-opened inquiry into the death in 1961 of the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. For over 50 years David has made many contributions to the UN and the UN Association.
He has been awarded the MBE for services to the United Nations and its institutions.
On 27 June Professor Gilbert Burnham, Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA addressed the UNA Warwick District Branch on the subject “Has the current pandemic damaged World Health Organisation’s credibility as guardian … Continue reading →
Podcast of the event “Does Democracy Have A Future?” held at Coventry University on 23 November 2016. It was introduced by Philip Brown, secretary of the United Nations Association Coventry Branch. Professor Matt Qvortrup gave a brief summary of the … Continue reading →
This is a podcast of an event held in the Chapter House of Coventry Cathedral on 23 June 2016. [slideshow_deploy id=’700′] Former Coventry City football club star Cyrille Regis MBE and the leader of Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre Sabir … Continue reading →
This event was produced on 3 June 2016 in partnership between UNA-UK and the Guardian newspaper. Participants António Guterres – Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees and former Prime Minister of Portugal Vuk Jeremić – Former Foreign Minister of Serbia and former President … Continue reading →
UNA-UK asked both the official “leave” and “remain” campaigns for short statements on what they considered would be the impact that the outcome of the referendum will have on the UK’s role on the world stage, including its relationship with … Continue reading →
UNA-UK asked both the official “leave” and “remain” campaigns for short statements on what they considered would be the impact that the outcome of the referendum will have on the UK’s role on the world stage, including its relationship with … Continue reading →
This is a recording of a talk given at the Royal United Services Institute on 21 April 2016 entitled “The Future of the UN: Necessary Reforms and Unavoidable Challenges” given by His Excellency Mr Vuk Jeremic, on the future of … Continue reading →
Wikipedia António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCL GCC (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔnju ɡuˈtɛʁɨʃ]; born 30 April 1949) is a former Portuguese politician who was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He also served for a time as President of … Continue reading →
Wikipedia Danilo Türk (pronounced [daˈníːlɔ ˈtýɾk]; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as the President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. Türk was the first Slovene … Continue reading →
Wikipedia Vesna Pusić (pronounced [ʋɛ̂sna pǔːsitɕ]; born 25 March 1953) is a Croatian sociologist and politician who serves as Deputy Speaker of the Croatian Parliament since 3 February 2016, had previously served as a First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister … Continue reading →