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  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues
  • The Trump administration has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council over what the Trump administration calls the Council’s bias against Israel.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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Nuclear Disarmament
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | May 15, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change, Climate Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Immigration, International Engagement & Building Peace, Refugees
  • 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 Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Just as the initiation of recent student led advocacy from Parkland, Florida brings hope for positive change in this country, so too have students in Japan addressed the issue of nuclear disarmament in their country by sharing the stories of nuclear blast survivors.
    By Joanne Dufour | March 28, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • An overview of the contributions the Holy See made to the negotiations process leading up to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Pope Francis has been outspoken in support of nuclear disarmament.
    By Joanne Dufour | March 14, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace