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⏰Check out the new and timely report from @PlataformaCipo and #TogetherFirst:
“Enhancing civil society participation in international climate decision-making: perspectives from the Global South.”
Read it here 👉 bit.ly/3nT4cmh
#COP26
#civilsociety
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#CivilSociety must have a seat at the climate decision-making table.
Read the report from @PlataformaCipo + @TogetherFirst on barriers to effective participation in @UN climate processes.
They share vital perspectives from the Global South:
bit.ly/3nT4cmh
@AAbdenur
ALT Enhancing civil society participation in international climate decision-making - and a photo of young people gathering in 2019 in Karura forest, Nairobi, in solidarity with the global climate youth marches.
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There are over 600 #fossilfuel companies at #COP27 - while #CivilSociety is sidelined at the #climate conference.
Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at the conference in Egypt – a rise of more than 25% on last year.
theguardian.com/environment/…
ALT Climate activists protesting against big polluters at the Sharm el-Sheikh international convention centre.
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It is critical that #COP27 is used to take concrete action on #LossAndDamage.
Developing nations disproportionately face the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis - this must be addressed at @COP27P.
theguardian.com/environment/…
ALT A boy at a former street stall in a flooded area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, in August.
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#COP27 is underway!
From 6-18 Nov world leaders, ministers + negotiators are gathering in Egypt to help meet #ParisAgreement commitments:
✅Limit🌏 temperature rise to 1.5C
✅Strengthen adaptation
✅Achieve #ClimateFinance promises
What's on the agenda:
unfccc.int/cop27
ALT Opening of the COP27 summit
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.@UNEP's 2022 #EmissionsGap Report stresses: to avoid a climate catastrophe we must cut emissions by 45% by 2030.
Its time for an urgent transformation in:
⚡️Electricity supply
🏭Industry
🚄Transport
🏗️Construction
🌽Food systems
Read the report: unep.org/resources/emissions…
ALT A window closing on a healthy green earth. On the inside, pollution and the following words: The only way to meet the Paris Agreement is to close the Emissions gap. Only an urgent transformation across all sectors can avoid climate disaster.
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77 years on, in the face of rising global challenges, does the @UN still matter?
Yes it does - former Chair of UNA-UK Sir Jeremy Greenstock outlines why here:
chathamhouse.org/2022/09/why…
#UNDay
ALT A view of the UN General Assembly Hall during a vote.
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UNA-UK stands in solidarity with the brave protestors in Iran, particularly the women and girls rising up to peacefully demand change and #BodilyAutonomy.
Read @article19org's letter from 160+ CSOs, sharing key recommendations for @UN and the🌏community:
article19.org/resources/iran…
ALT Protesters show solidarity with Iranian women and protesters in Iran, Belgium, September 2022.
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Don't miss the #UNGA high-level event marking the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons!
Hear from @antonioguterres, states + civil society about the critical need for a 🌏 free of #NuclearWeapons⬇️
📅26 Sept, 15:00 BST
media.un.org/en/asset/k16/k1…
#IDTENW
ALT International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 26 September 2022
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The @UN #GeneralAssembly has declared access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal #HumanRight!🌏🙌
UNA-UK welcomes this historic decision - a vital step to help reduce environmental injustices + empower people.
BREAKING
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution that declares access to a clean and healthy environment a universal #HumanRight
In favour: 161
Abstentions: 8
Against: 0
The decision is expected to be a catalyst for #ClimateAction
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📣 WE'RE HIRING 📣
UNA-UK is looking for a Head of Outreach!
Want to help us fight for a fairer, safer, more sustainable world for all?
Click here to learn more and apply:
una.org.uk/who-we-are/work-u…
#CharityJobs
ALT We're Hiring! UNA-UK is on the search for its next Head of Outreach. Could it be you? Apply now to join our growing team! Successful candidates will be interviewed on a rolling basis.
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Happening this week!
Don’t miss our #PKDay2022 conference together with @RUSI_org + @UNAWestminster.
Join us for an exclusive conversation with Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations @Lacroix_UN about #Action4Peacekeeping+.
📅26 May
Register👉 rusi.org/events/conferences/…
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And read the draft resolution: una.org.uk/sites/default/fil…
ALT Text of the draft resolution: Seventy-sixth session Agenda item 124 – Strengthening of the United Nations system. Full text is available via the link in tweet.
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Welcome news: the UK will support @LiechtensteinUN's #VetoInitiative - calling for a UN General Assembly meeting each time a veto is cast in the #SecurityCouncil.
Learn more about this vital initiative, which now has 57 cosponsors:
una.org.uk/news/security-cou…
The UK will vote in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution that gives the entire @UN membership a voice on the use of a veto.
Being a permanent member of the Security Council is a responsibility the UK takes seriously.
#VetoInitiative
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Today 19 states will be elected to the UN #NGOCommittee. It is vital that the body is fit for purpose.
Ahead of the elections, UNA-UK spoke to @UKUN_NewYork's @meganwhite010 about #CivilSociety inclusion, the UK's candidacy and more:
una.org.uk/news/un-ngo-commi…
#OpenTheDoors2NGOs
ALT A view of the UK Mission to the UN's desk in the UN General Assembly Hall.
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Liechtenstein has now tabled, on behalf of 38 cosponsors, a resolution that mandates a meeting of the #UN General Assembly whenever a veto is cast in the Security Council - the #VetoInitiative. The resolution is a meaningful step to empower the GA and strengthen multilateralism.
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UNA-UK is calling on all states to support @LiechtensteinUN's initiative on #SecurityCouncil veto use.
The proposed #VetoInitiative would increase accountability between #UNGA + the #UNSC.
More on the need for action to help uphold peace + security: una.org.uk/news/security-cou…
Liechtenstein has now tabled, on behalf of 38 cosponsors, a resolution that mandates a meeting of the #UN General Assembly whenever a veto is cast in the Security Council - the #VetoInitiative. The resolution is a meaningful step to empower the GA and strengthen multilateralism.
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Learn about the need to #OpenTheDoors2NGOs - read the open letter from more than 340 NGOs:
una.org.uk/news/una-uk-joins…
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On April 13 elections will be held for the ECOSOC #NGOCommittee.
Ahead of the elections, don't miss @ISHRglobal's breakdown of the candidates.
They stress: ECOSOC members must take their responsibility to create a body fit for purpose seriously.
ishr.ch/latest-updates/ngo-c…
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✅ Increase diplomatic cost for P5 state casting a veto
✅ Enable all UN members to express their view over when UNSC paralysed
✅ Increase scrutiny of veto
✅ A step towards more inclusive multilateralism
...hope Veto Initiative is widely supported when considered by the GA
There are important initiatives gaining traction that seek to increase accountability & scrutiny of the veto. One such proposal, led by @LiechtensteinUN, is “The Veto Initiative” which enhances the role of the General Assembly in evaluating/responding to P5 veto-use in the UNSC
.@TogetherFirst is calling on all states to support @LiechtensteinUN's initiative on #SecurityCouncil veto use.
The proposed mechanism would increase accountability between #UNGA + the #UNSC.
More on the need for action to help uphold peace + security:
una.org.uk/news/security-cou…
Read the letter to member states on the proposal in full:
una.org.uk/sites/default/fil…