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Dear Reader, In this issue you can find recent peace-related news and forthcoming events in and around Coventry. Please do let us know of any peace-related news or activities happening in or near Coventry and we will be happy to add them to our website http://coventrycityofpeace.uk and include them in a future edition of this newsletter. Philip Brown
Coventry Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace & Reconciliation
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The following statement was made in Jerusalem on International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2023, by Lynn Hastings, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Today could have been a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, born from the atrocities of two world wars. Instead, human rights are assaulted in …
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A significant number of students and staff at the University of Warwick have signed a Petition calling on the University to end to the relationship between the University of Warwick and BAE systems as well as other arms manufacturers for their complicity in what it calls Israel's war crimes against the people of Gaza. The Petition begins as follows: We, …
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The following is a transcript of a press briefing on the humanitarian situation in Gaza by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator in Geneva on 7 December 2023. Today marks two months to the day since the start of the Gazan tragedy. That day, October the 7th, with the terrible events that happened to the people of …
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On 6 December 2023, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote the following letter to the current President of the Security Council, Permanent Representative of Ecuador Jose Javier de la Gasca Lopez Dominguez. Dear Mr. President, I am writing under Article 99 of the United Nations Charter to bring to the attention of the Security Council a matter which, in …
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We are sorry to announce that Colin Scott, who had been the Chair and later the Treasurer of Positive Images Festival and facilitated Hillfields Readers Group, passed away on 4 December 2023. His contribution to the library service and his passion for the citizens of Coventry was second to none. The development of the Positive Images Festival was trail-blazing and …
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In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic/Paralympic Games which starts on 26 July 2024, schools across Coventry will be taking part in a relay run, starting from Coventry Cathedral in February 2024, carrying a bespoke designed torch from school to school. The aims of Flame of Friendship are: To build friendship links between Coventry schools and their wider communities …
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On 10 November 2023 Marc Gwamaka delivered Coventry Lord Mayor’s Peace Lecture. Here he talks about his experience in Coventry. For more about the lecture see Lessons from Genocide – Rwanda twenty-nine years on.
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Forthcoming Peace-Related EventsIf you know of other peace-related events please let us know. Write to covlmpc@gmail.com |
On 10 January, Coventry Lord Mayors Committee for Peace and Reconciliation will hold its Annual General Meeting via video conference. Hear reports of the past year, vote for Committee members for the coming year and discuss what the Committee's plans for the coming year. Join the video conference by following this link.
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Coventry United Nations Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on 18 January via video link. All are welcome to hear a report of what we have achieved in the past year, to vote for key Committee members and to help us plan the future of this UNA Branch. Follow this link to join the meeting.
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Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is an international event that takes place every year on 27 January to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi Persecution and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. 27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. Fragility of Freedom is this year's …
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International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated in many countries around the world. It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, …
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The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March, the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960. In 1979, the UN General Assembly adopted a programme of activities to be undertaken during the second half of the Decade …
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This classic book is on sale now in hardback or paperback and would make an ideal and unique gift. On the night of 14 November 1940, Reverend Richard Howard, Provost of Coventry Cathedral, was one of four firefighters who climbed onto the roof to smother with sand the incendiary bombs that were landing not just on the Cathedral but starting …
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For their generous support, the Lord Mayor's Committee for Peace and Reconciliation expresses our thanks to the Lord Mayor's Office and Coventry City Council. We also thank Coventry Cathedral, Coventry University and Warwick University for their support and assistance. |
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