Anglican Communion News Service - Digest - ACO-UN

Statement from Anglican Delegates of the 56th Session of the UNCSW

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:59:00 GMT

“The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges” was this year’s priority theme. [More]

Rural Women Speak Out at CSW

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:23:00 GMT

Rural women from around the world met this week to discuss the challenges and highlights of working to empower women in their countries and communities, at an event sponsored by UN Women, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the NGO Commission o... [More]

UN agency honors Tutu as champion against hunger

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:20:00 GMT

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Jan. 26 is honoring Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, for his efforts in the battle against hunger and his advocacy on behalf of the world... [More]

Anglican Communion women welcome Primates' commitment to tackle violence against women and girls.

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:09:00 GMT

The commitment by Primates at the January meeting in Dublin to work to eliminate violence against women and girls has been warmly welcomed by the Communion’s International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN). [More]

Archbishop of Canterbury's video message to mark UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:31:00 GMT

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today issued a video message to mark the opening of the United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. [More]

An Interfaith Service of Recommitment and Witness to Achievements of the MDGs

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:17:00 GMT

Thursday, September 25, 6 p.m. Press: Media welcome. Free, no advance reservations Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Dr Hellen Wangusa, Anglican Observer at the United Nations, cordially invite you to attend An Interfaith Service of Recom... [More]

Prayer Reminder

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:16:00 GMT

September 25th - A Day for Recommitment and Witness to the Achievement of the MDGs "The Provinces of the Communion call for a day of prayer and fasting and witness on 25th September 2008 when there is a special session of the United Nations to ... [More]

World Leaders to boost action to end extreme poverty

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:49:00 GMT

At United Nations high-level event, 25 September

Business, Foundation and Activist Leaders to Announce Initiatives as Part of Mobilization to Reach Millennium Development Goals [More]

Walk of Witness Press Coverage

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:59:00 GMT

Newspaper press coverage from the Lambeth Conference 'Walk of Witness' [More]

UN Human Rights Council - 6th Session (Part II), December 2007

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:57:00 GMT

Two topics followed closely by AUNO Geneva were high on the agenda of the concluding part of the UN Human Rights Council's 6th session in December; namely, the situation in Darfur and interreligious issues. As well as extending the mandates of the Sp... [More]

UN Human Rights Council - 6th Session (Part I), September 2007

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:09:00 GMT

For the first time in the UN Human Rights Council’s short existence, substantive issues took slight precedence over institutional issues during this September leg of its sixth session. Although the Council still had work to do to finalise... [More]

UNAIDS Programme Co-ordinating Board (PCB) - June 2007

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:32:00 GMT

As part of their mandate to build relationships between the Anglican Community and UN bodies based in Geneva, representatives from AUNO Geneva were recently amongst the 300 or so participants to attend the 20th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Co-ordi... [More]

UN Human Rights Council - 5th Session, June 2007

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:30:00 GMT

Apart from a few notable substantive items – including an intervention from Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the situation in Beit Hanoun, and a report providing a roadmap for addressing human rights violations in Darfur - the fifth session of the UN... [More]

Mapping the Anglican Response to HIV/AIDS

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:28:00 GMT

By launching a new project to map the Anglican response to HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia, the Anglican-UN Office (AUNO) in Geneva aims to encourage more partnership between international and public health agencies and the Anglican Communion.... [More]

A New Anglican UN Office in Geneva

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:24:00 GMT

The opening of a Geneva office in April 2007 hails a new phase for Anglican representation at the United Nations. Funded through a grant from the Anglican Communion, the office is a physical sign of Anglican commitment to the international huma... [More]