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UNA TWICKENHAM AND RICHMOND
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Early May 2010 saw the official unveiling of a monument located outside York House, Twickenham to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNA Twickenham & Richmond were involved in the project from the start and in fact our Chair Councillor Virginia Morris was instrumental in getting Richmond Council to adopt the initial idea as a public art project which meant considerable input of funds. UNA also contributed along with the local branch of Amnesty International.
Pupils from two Richmond schools and residents from the Twickenham Day Centre were involved in the design of the installation and UNA members talked to the pupils about the Universal Declaration prior to the meetings with the artist Samantha Haynes.
The monument was unveiled by the Mayor of Richmond Councillor Celia Hodges accompanied by Virginia Morris and John Reekie from Amnesty International. |
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A pub lunch and talk and a garden party were recent branch events where food, drink, good company and conversation all mixed well. |
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Lord Patten of Barnes, former Governor of Hong Kong and former cabinet minister addressed our 2009 AGM. His illuminating talk, entitled 'Global problems and global governance', focused on global problems since the war and how the solutions require global and UN level remedies. |
| Chairman Virginia Morris receives the Stevens trophy on behalf of the Branch in April 2008. The Stevens trophy is awarded by the London & South East Region's Committee to branches which are seen as being particularly active and successful. This is the fifth time that Twickenham & Richmond have won the trophy. |
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Zac Goldsmith, Director and ex-Editor for 10 years of The Ecologist gave a fascinating talk to the Branch in April 2008 entitled "Making a Difference Locally" with challenges for all about climate change. Full details are in the June Newsletter. |
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UNA-UK's Conference, the 63rd, was held in Exeter and was attended for the first time by Virginia Morris and Colin Bell, plus Sam Trevelyan who has attended Conference many times before. UNA-UK Chairman Lord Hannay particulalrly thanked Virginia for the "valuable discussions." |
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Late in 2007 the Branch welcomed former BBC correspondent and former independent MP Martin Bell and his talk entitled "Reflections on War & Peace." |
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The Branch collects on behalf of charities including Adopt-A-Minefield (now called 'No More Landmines') and UNICEF, often holding a stall at the Twickenham Green Charities Fair. The first Branch UN Model General Assembly was run at York House and had (now, Sir) Trevor McDonald as chairman. |
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