Friends of the Earth versus EDF
Posted on | April 6, 2019 | No Comments
Dear Friends, We are meeting a week earlier this month because of Good Friday. We meet on Friday 12 April in the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW. Our speaker will speak at 1pm sharp.
We’re very lucky to have Rachel Fulcher to talk to us this month, for she is the coordinator of Suffolk Coastal Friends of the Earth (FOE), which is involved in a mammoth struggle with EDF Energy over whether another two nuclear reactors should by plonked down on the eroding Suffolk coast or not.
To hear from a Non-Governmental Organisation like FOE is also valuable for the United Nations Association. The UN has an unfortunate glitch among its agencies, as since 1959 two of the UN agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the World Health Organisation, have had a binding agreement with each other to limit any bad news that gets out about nuclear power. The IAEA is the stronger body, reporting to the Security Council while the WHO reports to the General Assembly, and the IAEA’s mission is very clearly to promote nuclear power. If Sizewell is going to cost even more than it already will, to keep the sea out, we’re only likely to hear about it in advance from an independent NGO.
More generally, the Suffolk Sandlings are home to many species already endangered by us, so the additional risks to them of both climate change and human technology are things we should ponder on.
Hope to see you at this timely and important talk.
Best wishes,
Marguerite
“UN Peacekeeping – the Reality”
Posted on | March 9, 2019 | No Comments
Dear Friends, It is time to tell you about our next UNA LunchBox talk. It will be at 1pm on Friday 15th March 2019 at the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich NR2 1EW. The talk will be given by Ronald Quejas-Risdon and Philippa Blake-Roberts and is entitled “UN Peacekeeping – the Reality”.. The UN Peacekeeping does not always enjoy good publicity so it will be good to hear from sombody with first hand experience. Ronald Quejas-Risdon is now retired from being an administration officer with UN Department of Peacekeeping Operation. He joined in 1993. He has travelled a lot and served in the Middle East, Somalia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan among others. Do please come and hear about the reality of UN Peacekeeping. best wishes, Marguerite Vice Chair UNA (Norwich & District)
Women Together for Peace: Vigil to Celebrate International Women’s Day.
Posted on | February 25, 2019 | No Comments
Sat 2 March 2019 12.00 – 1.00.
All welcome, particularly women.
St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich
Welcome from the Sheriff, Ros Brown
Hosted by Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
‘The Idea of Europe: Revisiting a Long Story’
Posted on | February 22, 2019 | No Comments
Dear Friends,
Together with Dr Matthew D’Auria, a colleague from the School of History,
Dr Jan Vermeiren is going to launch the Institute for the Study of Ideas
of
Europe (ISIE) on Wednesday, 27 February, at 5pm. Prof Rolf Petri from the
University of Venice has kindly agreed to give the keynote lecture on ‘The Idea of Europe: Revisiting a Long Story’. The event will take place in Arts
2.02 and will be followed by a reception on the fourth floor of the Arts 2
building (canapés and wine).
The Institute and the launch event are sponsored by the British Academy
(Rising Star Engagement Award). Our aim is to promote the interdisciplinary
study of concepts, images, and discourses of Europe and to facilitate
international collaboration in this important and very topical field of
research. We are very excited about ISIE and look forward to celebrating
its launch with you. The event is free of charge.
With all best wishes,
Marguerite Finn
UNA (Norwich & District)
“Britain and Europe – the Continental Perspective”
Posted on | February 9, 2019 | No Comments
Dear Friends,
It is time to tell you about the next UNA LunchBox talk on 15th February 2019 at 1pm in the Friends Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, Norwich. Our speaker will be Dr Jan Vermeiren who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History at UEA.
The title of the talk will be “Britain and Europe – the Continental Perspective” which is a very topical subject at the moment with Brexit just a few weeks away.
Dr Vermeiren’s research interests cover a number of areas in German and European history in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. He is particularly interested in the history of German nationalism and geopolitical thought and questions of European integration.
This is a very important and relevant topic and I hope as many people as possible will come to hear it.
Best wishes,
Marguerite Finn
Vice Chair UNA (Norwich & District)
Norwich PSC AGM
Posted on | February 7, 2019 | No Comments
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NorwichPSC/
Stop press
Posted on | January 31, 2019 | No Comments
Climate Peace
Posted on | January 28, 2019 | No Comments
all welcome
Please visit this link
Posted on | January 27, 2019 | No Comments
Peace Cranes
Posted on | January 27, 2019 | No Comments
