National website www.una.org.uk
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe
www.unric.org
Global Peace Festival London http://globalpeacefestival-uk.org/
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
www.KnowYourRights2008.org
November Issue of UNRIC magazine http:// www.unricmagazine.org/
Darfur Training Committee www.darfurtraining.org.uk.
Scottish Parliament website www.scottish.parliament.uk
Watch Parliamentary business live at www.holyrood.tv/
Programme of UK Events in the 50 Global Days of Action Against Poverty and Inequality
www.bond.org.uk/campaign/50daysprogramme.htm
link and video on the 60th anniversary of UN peacekeeping
CROSS PARTY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
Convener: David Stewart MSP
Vice-Convenors: Patrick Harvie MSP & Aileen Campbell MSP
M1.05, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh EH99 1SP * * 0131 348 5766 * 6 0131 348 5767
richard.welsh@scottish.parliament.uk
mailto:richard.welsh@scottish.parliament.uk
On 10 December 2007 the United Nations will launch a yearlong campaign to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights www.KnowYourRights2008.org
NIDOS (Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland)
www.nidos.org.uk
Edinburgh listings and directory and activities www.edinburgh247.com
The Edinburgh Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace www.mesp.org.uk
Iranian Islamic Scholar to Address
Middle East Peace and Ecology
Edinburgh will host world-renowned Islamic scholar Dr Seyyed Hossein Nasr to address the opportunities and challenges of Middle East Peace from a spiritual, educational and cultural perspective as part of Edinburgh’s Fifth Annual International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace.
Dr Nasr will give the 2008 Festival Lecture on “Spiritual Approaches to Peace and Ecology in the Islamic World,” on Tuesday, March 11 at the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, beginning at 730 pm. The previous day he will give a workshop on “Sufism: Doctrines, Practices and Historic Manifestations” at the Quaker Meeting House, beginning at 10 am.
The festival, which runs from March 1 through 11, features lectures, performances and workshops by peacemakers, scholars, artists, musicians, poets and religious figures from the Middle East, Africa, the USA and the UK.
Edinburgh International Centre for Spirituality & Peace
EICSP www.eicsp.org
http://www.un.org/events/peacekeeping60/60years.shtml
click on video on the left side of page (must have real player to view)