Speeches Archive 2009
Speeches from past events held by Action for UN Renewal, and given by Vijay Mehta can be found by clicking on the titles below. If you do wish to use these speeches for your own purpose, please acknowledge Vijay Mehta in your work.
Why Peace Keeping is not effective - the Alternatives Conference
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands
11 – 13 December 2009
Escalating War in Afghanistan – Can Peace Return to the Troubled Region?
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
24th November 2009
6.30 – 9.00pm
Celebrating and learning from Diwali - Festival of Lights
Committee Room 4A House of Lords
Wednesday 18th of November, 2009,
5.00pm
‘Iran on the footsteps of Israel: What is next –WMD or Non proliferation’
House of Lords Committee Room 4a
Wednesday 28th of October 2009,
at 6.30pm
UN and Truth on Iraq War - Vijay Mehta
Legality and Conduct of Iraq War - Nick Grief
Role of Media in Iraq War - Robert Fox
Why the UK went to war in Iraq in 2003 - General Sir Hugh Beach
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The Relevance of the UN in Today’s World - Conference
Why Peace Keeping is not effective - the Alternatives
Chichester University, Bishop Otter Campus
21 – 23 August 2009
THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR BRITAIN AND IRELAND (TRCBI), Peacemaking in Britain and Ireland
Quaker Meeting House, Frederick Street off York Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland
11 – 5.00 pm
25 July 2009
Beyond Obama – Priorities Towards Nuclear Abolition
Nuclear Armed India and Pakistan – Preventing the danger of total annihilation
Room 4a, House of Lords, London
2.00 – 4.30 pm and 6.00 – 8.00 pm
Monday, 20th July 2009
Time Running Out: Transformation of the International Institutions in the 21st Century
Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street,
Marylebone, London, W1U 5AS
Monday, 23rd March 2009
NATO at 60
Disbanding is the only option – not expanding or rebranding
NATO was formed in 1949 to defend Europe against the growing power of the Soviet Union. The original members were Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
The first secretary-general of the alliance, the British General Hastings Ismay, joked that the purpose of the organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
Proponents of disbanding the alliance say that purpose was fulfilled in 1991, with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the alliance of the former Soviet Union and its satellite states. From then onwards NATO has been trying for the past 20 years to re-purpose itself for some other mission. It is called NATO yet it is called for military incursions in places like
Afghanistan serving mainly US interests....
Read full article here
Close Guantanamo Bay and End Illegal Detention
Anglican Chaplaincy, Centre in the Campus, Lancaster University
12.30 – 2.00 pm (Lunch time meeting)
Tuesday, 10th March 2009
The UN Doctrine on the Responsibility to Protect
Can it be enforced to prevent wars, genocides and crimes against humanity?
Highgate Room
Shakespeare Centre, Kendal
6.00 – 8.00 pm
Monday 9th March 2009
Working for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
What can the United Nations and Civil Society do ?
AGM & Public Meeting
St. Lawrence Parish Room
Colebrook Street
Saturday, 7th March 2009
Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Successes and failure of the UDHR, Lymington Branch, UNA
Lymington Community Centre, New Street,
Lymington, Hants. SO41 9BQ.
Saturday, 28th February 2009
Annual Erskine Childers Lecture 2009 by Mairead Maguire and Vijay Mehta
Friends House, Euston, London
Tuesday 17th February 2009
Ending Wars and Achieving Peace – A Dream or a Reality: Making war history
St Andrews University, Scotland
Tuesday 9th December 2008
Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Successes and failure of the UDHR
New Arts Lecture Theatre, St Andrews University, Scotland
Tuesday 9th December 2008
Reforming the UN for the 21st Century
Royal Over Seas Club, Princes Street, Scotland
Monday 8th December 2008
New World Order and the United Nations: Ending terrorism, wars and violence for building a peaceful society
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS
Tuesday, 25th November 2008
World Shortages & Global Security: Food Security, Climate Change and Prospects for peace
Wesley Chapel, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU
Saturday, 8th November 2008
‘Who rules the world? Global challenges and the role of the UN in peacekeeping, human rights and international law’
Speech by Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Chair of the UN Association of the UK)
Action for UN Renewal Erskine Childers Memorial Lecture, 9 September 2008
Friends House, London NW1 2BJ
Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Lancaster Hall, St Mary's Parish Church, High Street, Putney, SW15
Tuesday, 16th September 2008
The role of global institutions in tackling poverty
Scarcity in the midst of plenty – the role of effective global governance in reducing poverty
Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation
Many Faces of Asian Security - Perspective from India and Pakistan
2008 Spring Conference, Wesley's Chapel, London
Saturday 19 April 2008
Who Rules the World ? The Role of Effective Global Governance in Harnessing Globalisation
The Third Annual Conference of the New School of Athens, Athens, Greece
2-5 April 2008
How effective is the UN in Peacekeeping and mediating Conflict?
University of St Andrews, Scotland
27th March 2008
Labour Action for Peace
Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
19th February 2008
UNA Leeds Speech
University of Leeds UNA, Leeds, LS2 9JT
13th February 2008
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