Britains special
relationship should be with the United Nations, not the USA
Tuesday, 19th February 2008
Labour Action for Peace AGM
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
Vijay Mehta was speaking along with Tony Benn and Jeremy Corbyn MP at the
LAP Annual General Meeting
Reform of the United Nations, and
the role of UN in peace and international security.
Wednesday, 13 February
2008, 5.30pm
UNA Leeds
The Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
V. Mehta is a member of the panel chair of Action for UN Renewal
World Security, Global Governance and the role of the UN
For a just, peaceful and sustainable world
House of Lords, London
29th October 2007
Vijay Mehta is co-chair of World Disarmament Campaign
Report of the 60th Annual DPI/NGO
Conference
Department for Public Information / Non-Governmental Organisation
United Nations headquarters, New York
5-7 September 2007
Vijay Mehta is a member of United Nations General-Assembly LINK.
Fortune Forum - Is
business intervention the most effective solution to poverty?
Oxford Union Society
Oxford, UK
8.00pm, 29 May 2007
Vijay Mehta wrote the paper and went to the debate as trustee of Fortune
Forum
Speakers:
Renu Mehta Fortune Forum
Sir Tom Hunter Hunter Foundation
Sir Stelios Easy Group
Craig Sams Green & Blacks
Dr. R.S. Ram Wings of Hope
Smruti Sriram Treasurer Oxford Union
Trident Replacement?
What do the Faith Communities of Great Britain say?
Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The chapel, Methodist Central Hall
Westminster, London
10.30 - 3.30 pm, 17 February 2006
Disarmament for Development
Interlinking the 3D's - disarmament, development and democracy
2006
World Disarmament Campaign Annual Conference
Wesley's Chapel, London
10.30 - 4.30 pm, 18 November 2006
Making the World a
Better Place: Outsourcing Philanthropy
Breaking New Grounds
A discussion paper on culture of giving and
outsourcing philanthropy
The Responsibility to
Protect, the new Human Rights Council and Peacebuilding Commission
Obstacles and ways for enforcement: Preventing wars, genocides and crimes
against humanity
UNA Chichester and District
Friends House, Priory Road, Chichester, UK
7.30pm, Wednesday 11th October 2006
Vancouver leads quest for
peace
A report of the World Peace Forum, Vancouver, Canada
University of British Columbia, Canada, 23-28 June 2006
Ending War and Building a Just, Peaceful
and Sustainable World
Working for the deligimisation of war
World Peace Forum, 25 June 2006
University of British Columbia (Henry Angus 210) , Vancouver, Canada, 4.00 -
5.30pm
UN Institutional Reform
How can we make the Security Council more representative and work towards
abolishing the veto?
World Peace Forum, 25 June 2006
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 9.00 - 1.00pm
The Danger of Arms
Trade in the Global Economy and Building Civil Society
World Peace Forum, 25 June 2006
University of British Columbia (Henry Angus 210), Vancouver, Canada, 2.00 -
3.30pm
Peace belongs to us all!
Establishing Peace through teaching Peace.
The role of education in establishing peace and preparing for the real
life obstacles and opportunities
House of Lords, Parliament, London
Monday, 19 June 2006, 6.00 -8.00 pm
An abridged version of this lecture was published in The Promota magazine
(Issue no 7, Summer 2006)
www.thepromota.co.uk
Should Britain be building
new nuclear weapons?
What are the implications and what is the peace movement's strategy?
A discussion paper on replacement of Trident nuclear weapons system.
UNA Association (Streatham and Clapham)
United Reformed Church Hall, Streatham High Road, London, SW16 6HX, 1 June
2006, 7.30pm
The Price of Peace: Bread or
Bombs
Reducing weapons for giving peace a chance
Kings College Social Forum, Strand, London, 5th May 2006
Revitalising Global
Governance and Democracy: For a just, peaceful and sustainable world
A discussion paper on 'Are present global institutions still relevant?"
Athens, Greece, 9 -11 March 2006
"Changing priorities and mindset of our world turned upside down."
'Towards the peaceful use of national resources in the 21st century.' How
can we achieve this?
And what is the role of campaign groups and civil
society?
The House of Lords, London, Monday, 27th February 2006
A public meeting hosted by Arms Reduction Coalition (ARC)
www.arcuk.org
Wars, Arms
Reduction and Tackling Poverty
How can we reduce violence and build a just and peaceful world
Global campaigning in 2006: How do we follow 'Make Poverty History'?
Birmingham Midland Institute, Birmingham, UK, 21 January 2006
A
Report of the International Conference on 'Bertha Suttner Ideas in
Present Time'
Senate of the Parliament of the Czech
Republic, Prague, 12-13 November 2005
Photo's
from Conference
Ending War and Building a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World
The role of the
United Nations and civil society in strengthening disarmament, international
peace and security
Senate of the Parliament of the Czech
Republic, Prague, 12-13 November 2005
United Nations: Searching
a new Road Map for Peace and Security in the 21st Century
Comments on the high-level panel report for the UN reforms on
international peace and security,
and the achievement /failures of the
Global UN Summit
CND Annual Conference, London, 15-15 October 2005
This paper was also given at a UN reform workshop, European Network for
Peace and
Human Rights Conference,
European Parliament, rue Wiertz Brussels,
21 October 2005.
United Nations: Searching
a new Road Map for the 21st Century
A Discussion paper on the future of the United Nations
United Nations NGO/DPI Conference, New
York, 7-9 September 2005
Hiroshima Remembered
Closing speech for Hiroshima Day Ceremony
Tavistock Square, London, WC1, 6 August 2005
The United Nations and its
Future in the 21st Century
Introduction to the Book Launch
Friends House, Euston, London, 19 July 2005
Development in Africa shaking the curse of poverty, hunger and disease
A Discussion Paper on debt
cancellation, more aid, fairer trade and good governance
Make Poverty History March,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 2 July 2005
Reviving Nuclear
Disarmament: A Vision or a Reality
A Report on the 1st week of the Seventh Review Conference of the
Nuclear-non Proliferation Treaty, 2-27 May , 2005
NPT Review Conference, New
York, 2-27 May 2005
Making War History
Working for the Deligitimisation of War
Network for Peace AGM, Conway Hall, London, 23 April 2005
Seminar on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: A Treaty in trouble
Report of the NGO Committee for Disarmament and World Council of Churches, Geneva
The Future of
NPT: Challenges and Prospects Ahead
A discussion Paper for the
Seventh Review Conference, 2005 New York
NPT Review Conference, New
York, 2-27 May 2005
Militarisation or Peace: What Future for Europe?
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK) and Mouvement de La Paix (France)
Manchester, 5 March 2005
World Disarmament Campaign Spring Conference, Friends House, London 12 March
2005
Reforms
of the UN: A Discussion paper on 'Report of the UN High-level Panel on
Threat, Challenges and Change
Tower Hamlets CND,
3 February 2005
Action for UN Renewal AGM, 26 February 2005
Why We Value
Gandhi? A Hindu Perspective
Kingsley Hall, London,
30 January 2005
Which Way to
Disarmament - A holistic approach to peace
A talk given at the Socialist Party Headquarters (Clapham,
London, January 2005)
Current
Conflicts: Peace Movement Response
Report on Network for Peace conference Saturday 27
November 2004
Present
and emerging Governance Challenges - Governing security
A Discussion Paper for Global Governance meeting 21-23 October 2004
Athens, Greece.
The Danger of Arms trade in the Global Economy and Building
Civil Society
(A talk given at Sheffield, Campaign Against Arms Trade, on 30
September 2004)
Are Rulers above Law, Can World Tribunals on Iraq Establish War
Crimes and War Criminals
Can World Tribunals on Iraq establish War Crimes and War
Criminals (A fresh look at point of law, evidence and facts to show
whether the war on Iraq and occupation of Iraq is legal or not by the backing of
International Law)
Arms Reduction and Tackling
Terror
(A talk given at a meeting of Arms Reduction Coalition at Conway Hall,
London on 7th June 2004)
International War Crimes Tribunal and Legality of
Occupation
Suggestion for working together with coordinating groups in other parts of
the world. (this article also includes a interview with Luis Moreno-Ocampo,
the first prosecutor of the newly appointed international criminal court at
the Hague in Netherlands)
Launch of Action for UN
Renewal's "ARMS REDUCTION CAMPAIGN"
CAMPAIGN BASED ON: A Proposal for a UN Convention/Protocol on
Implementing Article 26 of the UN Charter Regarding Reducing "diversion
for armaments of the world's human and economic resources" by a set
percentage per year.
New World Order and United
Nations
A talk given at London Region CND AGM
NPT Dossier for PrepCom Review Conference,
2004-05
Ban The Bomb or Risk Self Destruction. Can United Nations and
International Community Meet The Challenge? [A fresh look at the
tasks facing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for Prep-com 2004,
review conference 2005 in New York and suggestions of actions and
initiatives for accelerated moves towards nuclear disarmament]
Paths to Peace Amid Global
Crises
(A talk given at AGM of Ex-services campaign for nuclear Disarmament)
Report of European Network for Peace and Human
Rights Conference
European Parliament, Brussels 26/27 June 2003
Report of
the European Peace Conference
in Prague on 21st-23rd March 2003
Report of the UNA Annual
Conference
Norwich, April 2003
The Proliferation Security
Initiative
Will it stop the spread of WMD or is it another way of marginalising the
UN and undermining international law?
The Role of the UN in Promoting Peace and Nuclear
Disarmament
Unite for Peace and
Justice - Stop War and Terrorism
A Talk Given At European Peace Conference In Prague On 21st23rd March
2003