UNA WESTMINSTER
UNA Westminster will hold a meeting entitled ‘Who deserves to stay on the UN Human Rights Council? The record on women's rights’. The record of three of the Council's member states each in different stages of development will be reviewed. Embassy representatives will be invited to participate in this event. Invited speakers include Dr Meckled-Garcia, Women's Rights Director, Human Rights Watch and Martha Jean Baker, founding member of Gender Action for Peace & Security (GAPS).
The event will take place at 6.30pm at The Main Lecture Theatre, University College London, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG. For more information see www.unawestminster.org.uk
Contact: David Wardrop on 02073 856 738 or info@unawestminster.org.uk

UNA TWICKENHAM & RICHMOND
The official launch of the public art installation, commissioned by UNA Twickenham and Richmond in collaboration with the local Amnesty group to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, will take place from 2pm to 3pm at York House. A short welcome reception will take place in the Mayor’s Parlour prior to the official unveiling outside the Civic Centre at 2.30pm by the Mayor of Richmond Cllr Celia Hodges.
Contact: Rachel Tranter on 0208 831 6462

UNA BRIGHTON, HOVE & DISTRICT
UNA Brighton will hold a light lunch followed by discussion on topics relevant to the branch. The event will take place from 12.30 to 2pm at 160 Cavell Avenue North, Peacehaven BN10 7QQ. Please confirm your attendance.
Contact: Kathy on 01273 581 220

UNA SOUTHAMPTON
UNA Southampton will host a talk by Patricia de Mowbray about working for the UN abroad ‘Trying to make a difference on the ground'. This event will take place from 12pm to 2pm at L.3-00 Edmund Kell Hall, Bellevue Road, Southampton SO15 2AY. Optional bread and cheese lunch will be available from 12pm.
Contact: Margaret Matthews on 02380 557 334 or memat56@tiscali.co.uk

UNA WESTMINSTER
UNA Westminster will hold the 7th conference to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers followed by the remembrance wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph. Conference speakers include: Alan Doss, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC; and experts on UK stabilisation programmes in Afghanistan, UN intelligence gathering challenges, and opportunities for UN deployment of unmanned aerial observation platforms.

The conference starts at 10am at RUSI, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET. The wreath-laying ceremony starts at 1pm at the Cenotaph, Parliament Street, London SW1A with the Band of the Coldstream Guards providing musical support.

The conference programme is posted on http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E4BA209D2175B1/.
For more information see www.unawestminster.org.uk
Contact: David Wardrop on 0207 385 6738 or info@unawestminster.org.uk

UNA SHEFFIELD
UNA Sheffield will hold a talk on ‘Working with the United Nations in Lebanon’ with Ghassan Haddad, Chairman Sheffield University, UNYSA and who recently working for UN in his native Lebanon. This event will take place from 3pm to 4.30pm at Quaker Meeting House, St James Street, (beside the Cathedral) Sheffield S1 2EW.
Contact: Cliff Crellin on 0114 230 2102 or patricliff@gmail.com

UNA MERTON
UNA Merton will hold a discussion evening entitled ‘From Copenhagen to Bonn’ reviewing the negotiating positions of the major national groups and considering how a fair and legally binding agreement on climate change could be achieved this year. This event will take place form 7.30pm to 9pm at Wilberforce House, 119 Worple Road, London SW20 8ET.
Contact: Alison Williams on 020 8944 0574 or alisonwilliams36@tiscali.co.uk

EXTERNAL EVENT, School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS
Remembering Tom Franck: The Man and his Legacy
Tom Franck was one of the most significant international lawyers in the English-speaking world during the past half-century: 27 May is the first anniversary of his death. Two centres in the School of Law at SOAS, the Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law, and the Sir Joseph Hotung Programme for Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East, have decided to commemorate this by organising a symposium in which friends, colleagues and former students of Tom Franck will examine his legacy. This free all-day event will take place from 9.30am to 5pm at the Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.
Contact: lawpeacemideast@soas.ac.uk