Enfield & The Barnets United Nations Association

Diary of Events

Below is a diary of meetings and events that might interest members and supporters.
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Thursday January 8th - Enfield & The Barnets UNA Bracnch Meeting.
The next meeting of the Enfield & the Barnets UNA will take place on Thursday Jan 8th at 70, Bruford Gardens, N13 4LP at 7.30 pm. This will be a planning meeting for the Andy Love event on Jan 15th as well as a session to draft new questions to our MPs. Phone Roger Hallam if you would like to attend on 0208 882 3621

Thursday Jan 15th - Meeting With Andy Love MP The Enfield & The Barnets United Nations Association will be holding a meeting with Andy Love MP for Edmonton at Bush Park United Reform Church on Thursday January 15th commencing at 8.0pm (tea & coffee from 7.30pm.) For more information >>>
Enfield & The Barnets UNA Book Group
Our local UNA has just started a book group and the first meeting will be at 8pm on Monday 23rd February at 70 Burford Gardens, Palmers Green.The first book to be discussed will be Michael Moore's new offering, 'Dude, Where's my Country?'. All are welcome, and the future programme will be discussed by those present.

Question Theme Working Groups

Groups are now being set up around UN themes such as Environment, Deveopment, Human Rights etc to develop questions that can be asked of local MPs and then developing a strategy of action around the answers. If you are interested in joining any of these groups then please contact us. They will meet between now and out next meeting in January. The three teams presently set up are

Development - Co-ordinator Bill Linton on - BillLinton@aol.com

Environment - Co-ordinator Elaine Graham-Leigh on - e.graham-leigh@virgin.net

The UN and Conflict - Roger Hallam on - shirin@mombasa.demon.co.uk

Reform of the UN & The Changing World Order - Francis Sealey on fs@digifutures.org

International Law & HUman Rights - Camilita Mason on - jennypearlvialva@yahoo.co.uk

If you would like to join any of these groups then email the co-ordinators. If you would like to start a new group - for example Human Rights or Education and Culture then please let us know.

Activities

We will be developing a number of activities within the Enfield United Nations Association. How successful we are in achieving this will depend on volunteers to help. If you are interested in any of these activities then please let us know. The activities that we are interested in are,
Developing MP Watch - an online experiment in digital democracy where we ask questions of our MP's and publish their replies on the Internet and through an email mailing list. The MP Watch pages will be linked to discussion forums and online petitions so that people can follow up on the answers given and engage MP's and local Councillors in discussion as well as initiate campaigns.We may eventually add Internet Radio to these pages so that we can interview MP's and others about their answers.

Holding regular meetings where speakers will be invited to develop a specific theme and engage in discussion with those there.

Making links with local schools to encourage them in ensuring that the UN is discussed with students. We may hold meetings with schools and even develop some online material for use by schools.

Working with voluntary groups to develop joint activities and to develop an awareness of the importance of genuine and multilateral internationalism.

Develop a list of people who although not yet members are kept on a mailing list as "friends of the UN" so as to provide them with information about activities and events.