Reading’s Professor Rosa Freedman and Professor Aoife O’Donoghue of Durham University consider the legacy of the late former UN Secretary-General in a new post for The Conversation. The passing of Kofi Annan, former…Read More >
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UN and Global Order launch
How research can support and strengthen the United Nations Please join us for a one-day conference, and launch of the UN and Global Order Programme at the University of Reading….Read More >
Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas: Reading science informing debate at COP23
By Professor Keith Shine, Regius Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science The United Nations Climate Conference The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the principal negotiating forum…Read More >
Research shows reform can end abuse by UN peacekeepers
By Professor Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading The vast majority of the over 100,000 UN uniformed peacekeeping personnel perform their jobs with courage,…Read More >
Top UN expert’s resignation spells trouble for defenders of LGBT rights
by Rosa Freedman, School of Law, University of Reading Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN’s first Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, has resigned after…Read More >