Events Diary - Archive of 2009
March
Day |
Date |
Event |
Saturday |
7 |
CND Southern Region AGM & public meeting, Winchester, St Lawrence Parish room Colebrook St., 1.30pm |
Monday |
9 |
South Lakeland & Lancaster City United Nations Association Welcome you to a talk on
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Tuesday |
10 |
South Lakeland & Lancaster City United Nations Association and Human Rights Law Department Lancaster University, Welcome you to a talk on “Close Guantanomo Bay and end Illegal Detention”, Anglican Chaplaincy Centre in the Campus, Lancaster University, Public meeting 12.30 – 2.00 pm , Speakers: Vijay Mehta Chair of Action for UN Renewal, London, Emile Secker Phd. Lancaster Law Faculty
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Saturday |
21 |
World Disarmament Campaigns and Action for UN Renewal Spring Conference. 'A New Cold War in Europe ? Russia, EU and NATO' |
Saturday |
28 |
Action for UN Renewal AGM, "Unity in Diversity": Celebrating the United Nations international Year of Reconciliation, 2009. Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ Public meeting. Contact Vijay at vijay@vmpeace.org
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Tuesday |
31 |
March 31 - April 2, 2009 World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, Bonn |
Tuesday |
31 |
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April
Day |
Date |
Event |
Friday |
24 |
Peace History - lessons from the past, hope for the future, 9.30am to 5.30pm, Imperial War Mueseum, Lambeth Road, London SE1 (Day 1 of 2) |
Saturday |
25 |
Peace History - lessons from the past, hope for the future, 9.30am to 5.30pm, Imperial War Mueseum, Lambeth Road, London SE1 (Day 2 of 2) |
June
Day |
Date |
Event |
Friday |
5 |
UNA-UK Annual Conference 2009, Policy debates (3 day conference) contact: www.una.org.uk |
July
Day |
Date |
Event |
Monday |
20 |
Action for UN Renewal and World Disarmament Campaign Public meeting Monday, 20th July 2009 Chair: Lord Peter Archer of Sandwell more details to follow: Supported by Commonwealth Journalists Association Frank Jackson (editor.worlddisarm@ntlworld.com or 01279 300 572)
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Saturday |
25 |
Peace-making in Britain and Ireland, 11 - 5 pm, Quaker Meeting House, Frederick Street, |
August
Day |
Date |
Event |
| Tuesday | 18 |
Action for UN Renewal and
World Disarmament Campaign Invites you to an open discussion on Inquiry on the Iraq War: Who is Accountable? Tuesday 18th August 2009 Friends House, 173 Euston Road opposite Euston Station, NW1 2BJ London, 6.30 – 8.30 pm Chair - Rita Payne Chair Commonwealth Journalists Association General Sir Hugh Beach Why the UK went to war in Iraq in 2003? Robert Fox Role of Media in Iraq War Nick Grief Legality and Conduct of Iraq War Nicholas Jones Hidden Agendas in the Buildup to the Iraq War Vijay Mehta UN and Iraq War With the announcement by the UK government to hold an inquiry on the war on Iraq, it would be timely to have a public meeting in which we can explore the, issues of:
For registration and further information please contact: |
Friday |
21 |
UNA Southern Counties Region – Conference The Relevance of the UN in Today’s World Why Peace Keeping is Not Effective – The Alternatives for further information contact: Michael Blackshaw on 0118 942 2777 or Sid on 0118 942 9467
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17th February 2009
7.00pm to 8.30pm
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
Annual Erskine Childers Lecture 2009
Speaker: Mairead Corrigan Maguire
for the full leaflet view the Leaflet
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Event in Scotland
Tuesday 9th December 2008
View this article here
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28th May 2008
Hilton Athens, Greece
Rethinking the way we do business
CEO & CSR 2008
Topics are:
Cradle to Cradle: Introducing the Concept
Green Finance
Sustainable Buildings
Climate Change Solutions
Vijay Mehta will be the keynote speaker on ‘Climate Change Solutions’
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14th May 2008
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Oxford Town Hall
“5 years of war in Iraq: What role can the United Nations
play in building peace and security.”
Speakers: Tony Benn (former MP, Minister and President, Stop the War Coalition),
Cllr John Tanner (Mayor of Oxford),
Chair Vijay Mehta
for full details view: leaflet
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23rd April 2008
7pm-9pm
The U8 Partnership for International Development,
Magdalen Auditorium, Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU
'The Role of Global Institutions in Tackling Poverty'
V. Mehta is the keynote speaker for the event
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19th April 2008
Saturday 10.30am to 4.30pm
World Disarmament Campaign, Spring conference and AGM
Wesley Chapel, 43 City Road, London
Speakers: Frank Barnaby (nuclear scientist),
Vijay Mehta co-chair or World Disarmament Campaign (WDC)
Edward Davey M.P.
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2-5th April 2008
'Athens 3'
Third Annual Conference of the New School of Athens (NSOA)
Athens, Greece
V. Mehta is a panellist and speaking on 'reform of global institutions
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28-30 March 2008
Exeter University
Exeter
United Nations Association
Annual Conference
Contact: Nick Branson, UNA-UK, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EL
branson@una.org.uk
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27th March 2008
The United Nations and Student Association (UNYSA) of the University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Scotland
The role of the UN in 21st century global politics?
Panellists include:
- Vijay Mehta (chair of Action for UN Renewal)
Professor Oliver Richmond (University of St Andrews)
- Dr Martin Barber, (former director, UN Mine Action Service, New York)
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25th March 2008
The Gandhi Festival of Non-Violence
British Library Conference Centre
"The Life of Gandhi"
6.30pm
For full details see the enclosed 'Invite' and Booklet
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Date to be confirmed
Oxford Environmental and Ethics Organisation
'Climate change, sustainable development and the role of the United Nations'
Oxford University
V. Mehta is the keynote speaker
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Saturday, 23rd February 2008
Action for UN Renewal AGM
'The Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the role of the United Nations'
Guest speaker: Geoffrey Robertson QC
Friends House, Euston Road, London
V. Mehta is acting chair of Action For United Nations Renewal
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 5.30pm
Labour Action for Peace, AGM and public meeting
Friends House, Euston Road, London
'Britain's special relationship should be with the United Nations, not the USA'
V. Mehta is a speaker along with Tony Benn and Jeremy Corbyn MP
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 5.30pm
UNA Leeds
'Reform of the United Nations, and the role of UN in peace and international security'
The Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
V. Mehta is the keynote speaker
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Monday, 3rd December 2007 4.00 pm
BBC World Service TV interview
Interview with Vijay Mehta about climate change for the opening of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP)
in Bali, Indonesia.
BBC Centre, London
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Bringing Democracy to Burma –
What can the UK government do to promote and implement the rule of law and the UN Charter?
Tuesday 4th December 2007 7-9 pm
House of Lords, Committee Room 4A, London
Speakers include:
Rt. Hon. Lord (Peter) Archer Q.C.
Anna Roberts (The Burma Campaign UK)
John Rowley (Gandhi Foundation)
The current deteriorating situation in Burma, needs to be addressed urgently, where a military dominated government is handling its people brutally, stamping out protest and curbing human rights and civil liberties. The meeting will explore ways in which a dialogue can be started between the detained opposition leader, Ann San Suu Kyi, and Burma’s junta for a change from the military dominated government to a fully fledged democracy.
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Fortune Forum, The Summit
Venue: The Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London
30 November 2007, 7.00 - 11.00pm
Vijay Mehta is a co-founder and trustee of Fortune Forum, a charitable organisation raising funds for poverty reduction, environmental degradation, combating worldwide diseases and peacebuilding.
Speakers to the event included:
- Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP
- Caroline Lucas MEP
- Sir Bob Geldof
- Sir David Frost
- Daryl Hannah
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Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All
5-7 September 2007
United Nations, 60th Annual Department of Public Information Non-Governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference
United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA
Vijay Mehta will be speaking on the following two workshops:
Beyond Kyoto: Working Together to Preserve the Planet
This workshop will address the need to confront the challenges of climate change by mitigation, adaptation and global cooperation. It will consider how new political momentum can be created through greater public awareness of the urgency of the issues. It will discuss in some detail how governments, the private sector, large NGOs and civil society at large all have a vital part to play. http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/28243
And it will show the essential role of the United Nations system in coordinating efforts, disseminating reliable information, and providing a framework for the negotiation, securing and effective monitoring of new global agreements.
Military Wars and the Environment
This workshop deals with the fact that the military is the biggest polluter to the environment in the form of remnants of war (land mines, cluster bombs, air-dropped bombs, artillery shells, grenades, mortar, rockets). They contaminate a wide area, are the cause of civilian deaths and injuries and create fear and trauma for the safety of civilians. Furthermore, the effects of biological and chemical warfare against the environment in the form of radiation, toxicity and air pollution are well known. It will also discuss the new protocol to the UN convention governing explosive remnants of war. It will look at civil society and NGO initiatives to have a total ban on weapons as they have lasting health and environmental ramifications.
Reforming the UN for the 21st Century
Action for UN Renewal, Essex Hall, 2 - 6 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3HY
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 7.00 - 8.45pm
Speaker: Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Professor Emeritus, University o Minnesota)
Vijay Mehta is chair of Action for UN Renewal
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Annual Erskine Childers lecture
'The growth and importance of individual action and its increasing influence in the field of human rights and United Nations reform’
Action for UN Renewal
Friends House, Euston Road, London
12th June 2007, 7pm
Speaker: Kate Allen, (director, Amnesty International)
Chair: Rt. Hon. Lord (Peter) Archer Q.C.
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