United Nations Association,
At our July monthly meeting Kingston Peace
Council’s continued associate membership of UNA(UK) came up for discussion, and
it was decided not to renew this year, on account of the appointment of Lord Hannay as chair of UNA’s Board of
Directors. An article in New World
indicated that the appointment may only be for one year, and it was agreed that
we would rejoin next year, provided Lord Hannay was
no longer in office. As Jim Mortimer pointed out at the meeting, the
A personal letter sent some months ago by our Treasurer Hilary Evans explains our dilemma :-
Dear
Editor,
My
increasing optimism for the future of UNA(
This
is the man who came to speak to my local UNA branch and attempted an
extraordinary justification of the
I
support wholeheartedly the ideals of the UN and I support the excellent work
being done by Sam Daws but I am having to consider
very carefully whether I can continue to be a member of an organisation chaired
by someone who can so readily advocate flouting international law and ignoring
the will of the UN.
Hilary
Evans.