Amnesty International UK activist-led UN Network
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The Amnesty International UK activist-led UN Network campaigns on human rights issues related to the UN, and helps activists understand its processes.
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Watch Rebecca's question (1:15:21) and President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock’s response (1:23:30) here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
Civil Society Town Hall with the President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly
Civil Society Town Hall with the President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock.
webtv.un.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Watch Rebecca's question (1:15:21) and President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock’s response (1:23:30) here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
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“What concrete steps can Member States take to support the integrity, independence, and effective use of institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court—particularly when the Security Council is unable to act?” - @rebeccaashoot.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
“What concrete steps can Member States take to support the integrity, independence, and effective use of institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court—particularly when the Security Council is unable to act?” - @rebeccaashoot.bsky.social
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NEW COMMENTARY | When the Board of Peace Meets in Washington, Gaza’s Future Will Be on the Line
The Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in Gaza stick. However, the body’s prospects remain unclear and the challenges facing it are steep.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...
The Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in Gaza stick. However, the body’s prospects remain unclear and the challenges facing it are steep.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...
When the Board of Peace Meets in Washington, Gaza’s Future Will Be on the Line | International Crisis Group
With a two-year UN Security Council mandate, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in Gaza stick, even as he seeks to expand its writ elsewhere. The body’s prospects...
www.crisisgroup.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
NEW COMMENTARY | When the Board of Peace Meets in Washington, Gaza’s Future Will Be on the Line
The Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in Gaza stick. However, the body’s prospects remain unclear and the challenges facing it are steep.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...
The Board of Peace is tasked with making peace in Gaza stick. However, the body’s prospects remain unclear and the challenges facing it are steep.
www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-e...
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🚨 New from @hrw.org: #UN member states should select a champion of #HumanRights as the next UN Secretary-General as the UN faces a crisis amid a global retreat on rights & democracy. - by Widad Franco
Next UN Secretary-General Should Champion Rights
United Nations member countries will select a new UN secretary-general this year to succeed António Guterres in January 2027.
www.hrw.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🚨 New from @hrw.org: #UN member states should select a champion of #HumanRights as the next UN Secretary-General as the UN faces a crisis amid a global retreat on rights & democracy. - by Widad Franco
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"In this moment when the values of multilateralism are being chipped away, it is up to us—in our capacity as professionals, as voters, and as members of organizations like the UNA-UK—to take a stand."
Listen to the UN Secretary-General's full speech from our UNGA at 80 conference⬇️
Listen to the UN Secretary-General's full speech from our UNGA at 80 conference⬇️
UN Secretary-General António Guterres | UNGA at 80: From 1946 to Our Future
YouTube video by UNAUK
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February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"In this moment when the values of multilateralism are being chipped away, it is up to us—in our capacity as professionals, as voters, and as members of organizations like the UNA-UK—to take a stand."
Listen to the UN Secretary-General's full speech from our UNGA at 80 conference⬇️
Listen to the UN Secretary-General's full speech from our UNGA at 80 conference⬇️
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Now the real work begins: we urge states to center victims and survivors, gender considerations, and civil society participation! Read more about the treaty here: t.co/Dt7sE1d9T0
https://cahtreatynow.org/
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February 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Now the real work begins: we urge states to center victims and survivors, gender considerations, and civil society participation! Read more about the treaty here: t.co/Dt7sE1d9T0
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Today is the International Day of Peaceful Coexistence. Learn more about this special UN day – marked for the first time this 28th January – here:
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day of Peaceful Coexistence | United Nations
The International Day of Peaceful Coexistence promotes tolerance, diversity, mutual understanding, and peace through education and intercultural dialogue.
www.un.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Today is the International Day of Peaceful Coexistence. Learn more about this special UN day – marked for the first time this 28th January – here:
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
The ICJ is yet to issue a ruling on South Africa’s allegation that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Amnesty, among others, has concluded genocide is taking place. The UK government, as a party to the Genocide Convention, is complicit in failing to do all it could to stop this genocide.
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The ICJ is yet to issue a ruling on South Africa’s allegation that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza. Amnesty, among others, has concluded genocide is taking place. The UK government, as a party to the Genocide Convention, is complicit in failing to do all it could to stop this genocide.
Earlier this month, the ICJ began hearing The Gambia’s allegation of genocide by Myanmar of the Rohingyas.
January 27, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Earlier this month, the ICJ began hearing The Gambia’s allegation of genocide by Myanmar of the Rohingyas.
The Holocaust was not the first genocide, nor the last. The genocide of Armenians at the hands of the Turks was Lemkin’s initial focus.
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The Holocaust was not the first genocide, nor the last. The genocide of Armenians at the hands of the Turks was Lemkin’s initial focus.
The term “genocide” was coined in 1944 by the lawyer Raphael Lemkin, a Jew himself from Lwów/Lviv, and the driving force behind the Genocide Convention, which came into being in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The term “genocide” was coined in 1944 by the lawyer Raphael Lemkin, a Jew himself from Lwów/Lviv, and the driving force behind the Genocide Convention, which came into being in the aftermath of the Holocaust.
And we remember that the Nazis also persecuted and murdered millions of other groups of people, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, gay people and political opponents.
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
And we remember that the Nazis also persecuted and murdered millions of other groups of people, including Roma and Sinti people, disabled people, gay people and political opponents.
In marking the genocide of Jews in Europe, we remind ourselves of the ongoing need to combat anti-Semitism and, more broadly, racism, prejudice and intolerance, wherever they occur.
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 AM
In marking the genocide of Jews in Europe, we remind ourselves of the ongoing need to combat anti-Semitism and, more broadly, racism, prejudice and intolerance, wherever they occur.
You can learn more about this special day, Holocaust Day, and watch the commemoration at the UN here:
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust | United Nations
The United Nations was founded after World War II and the Holocaust, leading to the 1948 adoption of key human rights documents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention. ...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
You can learn more about this special day, Holocaust Day, and watch the commemoration at the UN here:
www.un.org/en/observanc...
www.un.org/en/observanc...
Today is the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On this day, we remember the genocide of 6 million Jewish men, women and children by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II.
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust | United Nations
The United Nations was founded after World War II and the Holocaust, leading to the 1948 adoption of key human rights documents: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Convention. ...
www.un.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Today is the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. On this day, we remember the genocide of 6 million Jewish men, women and children by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II.
“Maybe Trump will build a model of the UN building in Mar-a-Lago, where they can all meet,” said Richard Gowan, [... of the ...] International Crisis Group. “It’s more likely this just turns into a rather narcissistic talking shop where leaders can cosplay being in the security council.”
Board of peace or alternative UN? Trump moves upend world...
The US president’s initiative to oversee the rehabilitation of Gaza may undermine other international agencies
observer.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
“Maybe Trump will build a model of the UN building in Mar-a-Lago, where they can all meet,” said Richard Gowan, [... of the ...] International Crisis Group. “It’s more likely this just turns into a rather narcissistic talking shop where leaders can cosplay being in the security council.”
Listen to interview with the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, in defence of the United Nations with BBC here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Interview - Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General: Tthe threat to international law from power - BBC Sounds
UN chief Antonio Guterres says defending the rule of law is necessary for a better world
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Listen to interview with the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, in defence of the United Nations with BBC here:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
"[Trump’s] board of peace swaps this inequity for another that is even more unjust … in this new forum, Trump alone would have an absolute veto.”
From Julian Borger's article:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
From Julian Borger's article:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed
The US president’s global club was endorsed by the security council on a false prospectus and seems aimed at displacing the United Nations
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
"[Trump’s] board of peace swaps this inequity for another that is even more unjust … in this new forum, Trump alone would have an absolute veto.”
From Julian Borger's article:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
From Julian Borger's article:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“The inequity represented by the five permanent members of the UN security council, … has long rankled the rest of the world. The use and abuse of the permanent members’ veto privilege, particularly by Russia and the US, has long paralysed the council as a body for global governance."
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
“The inequity represented by the five permanent members of the UN security council, … has long rankled the rest of the world. The use and abuse of the permanent members’ veto privilege, particularly by Russia and the US, has long paralysed the council as a body for global governance."
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The Veto: “The single greatest threat to global peace and security” – online film event
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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The Veto: “The single greatest threat to global peace and security” – online film event
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Veto: “The single greatest threat to global peace and security” – online film event
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
The Network is hosting this powerful documentary on the history and problems of the UN Security Council veto at 19.00 (UK time) on 22nd January 2026.
Guterres mentioned support of permanent members UK and France for the veto not to be used against resolutions addressing mass atrocities.
Listen to the interview from 1:28 and specifically on the Security Council from 4:50:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen to the interview from 1:28 and specifically on the Security Council from 4:50:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Newsday - Guterres criticises US for failing to observe international law - BBC Sounds
The UN Secretary-General says Washington now prefers the law of power
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Guterres mentioned support of permanent members UK and France for the veto not to be used against resolutions addressing mass atrocities.
Listen to the interview from 1:28 and specifically on the Security Council from 4:50:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen to the interview from 1:28 and specifically on the Security Council from 4:50:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told the BBC this morning that reforms to the Security Council are needed:
1) to its composition, to be representative of the world today
2) limits to the veto power, currently held by the 5 permanent members.
1) to its composition, to be representative of the world today
2) limits to the veto power, currently held by the 5 permanent members.
Newsday - Guterres criticises US for failing to observe international law - BBC Sounds
The UN Secretary-General says Washington now prefers the law of power
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told the BBC this morning that reforms to the Security Council are needed:
1) to its composition, to be representative of the world today
2) limits to the veto power, currently held by the 5 permanent members.
1) to its composition, to be representative of the world today
2) limits to the veto power, currently held by the 5 permanent members.
Special sessions needed at UN Human Rights Council and UN Security Council on deterring further massacres in Iran and to pursue international criminal justice, including referring Iran to the International Criminal Court. Sign the call in this petition:
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
End Protest Massacres in Iran
Call on the international community to urgently act to end further massacres of protesters in Iran.
www.amnesty.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Special sessions needed at UN Human Rights Council and UN Security Council on deterring further massacres in Iran and to pursue international criminal justice, including referring Iran to the International Criminal Court. Sign the call in this petition:
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...