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  • Sculpture depicting St. George slaying the dragon. The dragon is created from fragments of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missiles.
    While there are a range of disarmament treaties that merit discussion, these are some recent ones mentioned in the news, explained here more fully for our readers’ clarification. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons July 1st of this year marked the 50th anniversary of the 1968...
    By Joanne Dufour | July 18, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament
  • (Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray visiting the Torda Museum to view the restored painting The Diet of Torda by Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, 1895)
    Earlier this month, UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, visited Transylvania to participate in the inauguration of the Hungarian Unitarian Church’s new ‘House of Religious Freedom’ and related events commemorating the 450th anniversary of the Edict of Torda.
    July 13, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • Honduran woman holding her one-year-old son next to a teal house with clothesline outside.
    Central American women fleeing violence are doubly victimized by the "zero-tolerance" policy that the Trump administration has unleashed upon refugees seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    By Jessica Sirico | July 6, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • A statue of a knotted gun stands in front of United Nations Headquarters in New York City
    Many governments often spend millions in order to strengthen their armed forces (or billions in the case of the United States), there are 22 nations that have made the decision to have no army at all. 
    By Joanne Dufour | July 4, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Peace & Conflict
  • Map of Pride parades around the world, showing countries where pride parades were public in Pink, countries where pride parades occurred despite political/violent opposition in yellow, and countries where homosexuality is illegal in black
    On Sunday June 24th, New York City’s 5th Avenue was full of rainbow flags, music, and hundreds of thousands of people celebrating a diverse spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities during the New York Pride March. The winding down of Pride Month provides a welcome opportunity to...
    By Louise Bednarik | July 2, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues
  • The UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, Switzerland
    The Trump administration has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council over what the Trump administration calls the Council’s bias against Israel. What this decision shows is that this administration does not care about human rights being respected.
    By Bruce Knotts | June 26, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Human Rights & Justice
  • UUA President Rev Susan Frederick-Gray is arrested in Washington, DC during the first day of Poor People's Campaign 40 Days of Action, 5/14/2018
    This blog is in tribute to the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in commemoration of the Poor People’s March 50 years ago organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Martin Luther King’s leadership. Learning of the pillars supporting the Poor...
    By Joanne Dufour | June 21, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Jonathan King and Jerry Ross at a recent nuclear weapons protest holding a sign that says "Nuclear Resistance is an Act of Love and Hope #NoRedButton #NoNukes"
    Jerry Ross, UU-UNO Envoy at First Parish in Bedford, MA, reports on his experiences attending nuclear disarmament conferences in New York City.
    By Jerald Ross | June 6, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Graphic with photos of speakers for Refugees & Resettlement panel event hosted by the UU-UNO May 3, 2018
    On the warm May evening of May 3rd, concerned individuals gathered at the Community Church of New York to engage in the critically-needed discussion on the refugee and migration crisis. Moderated by the Unitarian Universalist U.N. Office’s Refugee Program Intern Rani Allan, the panel discussion...
    By Rani Allan | May 29, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • Photo of Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
    This week's post in Disarming Our Planet is a statement by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, reposted here from https://www.icrc.org/en/document/nuclear-weapons-averting-global-catast… ICRC's website as an appeal to States, global leaders, and citizens.
    By International Committee of the Red Cross | May 23, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Photos of Ahmed Alrantisi, Laila Anwar Al-Ghandoor, Ahmed Altetr, Alaa Alkhatib Ezz el-din Alsamaak, Motassem Abu Louley, all killed by Israeli Defense Forces
    The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, together with the United Nations community, condemns the lethal use of violence by the Israeli Defense Forces against Palestinian protesters who were protesting the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
    By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | May 15, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Human Rights & Justice, Global Peace & Conflict
  • Rev. Homer Alexander Jack
    How do you ever get the membership of the United Nations to sit down and talk about disarmament and even set off a large enough public response to have a significant downsizing of nuclear arsenals as a result? All we need is another Homer Jack. “And who is he?” you ask. Certainly not a commonly...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 9, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Panelists at the UU-UNO's CSW 62 panel on community-based organizing
    Along with the panel on Female Genital Mutilation, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) hosted another parallel event at the Commission on the Status of Women, working closely with Dr. Bobbi Nassar who is the co-chair of NGO committee on human rights (UU-UNO Director Bruce...
    By JoAnne McClure | May 3, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Human Rights & Justice
  • View of the audience at the UU-UNO's Climate Change & SDGs panel as Mengluo Ren introduces speakers
    Climate justice is a social justice issue. It is working at the intersection of environmental degradation and the racial, social, and economic inequities it perpetuates. Every living person depends on the environment....
    By Mengluo Ren | May 2, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Global Engagement & Building Peace
  • Panelists at the UU-UNO's CSW 62 panel on female genital mutilation
    A panel hosted by the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office addresses best practices for ending the practice of Female Genital Mutilation during the 2018 Commission on the Status of Women at the UN.
    By JoAnne McClure | April 27, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, Global Human Rights & Justice
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director General Ahmet Uzumcu speaks during a news conference in The Hague October 11, 2013.
    The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that is investigating the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria is authorized to enforce the Convention, but punishment for use of these weapons is not clearly defined.
    By Joanne Dufour | April 25, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Human Rights & Justice, Global Peace & Conflict
  • Photo of the General Assembly Hall inside United Nations Headquarters in New York City
    JoAnne McClure writes about tying together the work of community-based organizations with international treaties and more importantly, about the United Nations in general and why it merits our full support and engagement. 
    By JoAnne McClure | April 20, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Human Rights & Justice
  • A contingent of youth and adults from First Parish Bedford UU stand in front of artwork at the United Nations
    There are more people displaced from their homes due to war, violence, and natural disasters today than at any other time in history, even more than at the end of World War II. That was the first of many shocking things we learned when members of First Parish Bedford (MA) UU traveled to the...
    By Jerald Ross | April 17, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Immigration, Refugees
  • Graphic depicting the amount of spending in 10 years to solve various world problems - World Hunger is the smallest circle $50billion and the largest (shown in black) is Nuclear Weapons Modernization $352billion.
    Information direct from a UN staffer shows the risks in modern times relating to nuclear weapons, including recent efforts by nuclear-weapons states to modernize and develop new nuclear weapon technologies.
    By Joanne Dufour | April 11, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Young people from ANSWER Alumni Association and the Society of Humanists Nepal demonstrate together against corruption
    The Nepal-based organization ANSWER was founded by a Unitarian and was immensely helpful in making the 2018 Conference of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists in Kathmandu possible.
    By Sara Ascher | March 30, 2018 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Global Engagement & Building Peace, Global Opportunities