WCIA Annual Reports and Archives

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WCIA Annual Reports – Contents

All WCIA annual reports between 1973 and 1997 follow the same layout and content format

  • WCIA Membership – Standing Conference of organisations (CSOs & NGOs, Local Authorities (County councils & district councils), educational bodies, trade unions, churches, media, political parties)
  • Economic & Social Affairs – advocacy and policy work feeding in to UN conferences and consultations (eg Population, Food, Seas, Energy, Development), and coordinating public participation / awareness raising (eg International Women’s Year, US Bicentennial, Int’l Year of the Child)
  • Political & Security Affairs – Topical conferences within Wales; participation in international civil society and intergovernmental / UN conferences; research and advocacy papers on issues of public concern.
  • Environmental Affairs – initially a subset of social affairs activities (feeding in to the ‘Law of the Seas’ from 1974), this becomes a broadening aspect of WCIA’s work to the 1990s – when the Rio Earth Summit and Local Agenda 21 are at the heart.
  • Work in Schools – CEWC, Council for Education in World Citizenship – including curriculum development, learning resources for primary, secondary and tertiary education; Model UN Summits and World Debating championships; scholarships
  • Youth involvement – IYS, International Youth Service volunteers, work camps, European and ‘north south’ exchange placements.
  • Human Rights & Campaigns – UNA Wales
  • Humanitarian & Development – FFHC, Freedom from Hunger Campaign, and UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund – WCIA was initially the ‘Welsh agency’ for these 2 initiatives, but from 1977 hosted the FFHC’s UK headquarters (as an international movement).
  • Public Information Centre – from 1974, WCIA resourced an Information Officer / Librarian to manage and develop the Temple Library as a UN Information Centre (UNIC), evolving in the 1980s to a Development Education Resource Centre.
YearSpotlight CampaignNetworkAnnual Report(s)AGMPublications / BulletinsPolicy PapersEducationYouth Message ThemeEisteddfodRoyal WelshUrdd EisteddfodBrit GovtWales MinisterWelsh Govt
   Participation & Communications     Events  Political Context  
1968UN Human Rights Year 1968 UNA Wales Report1968 Report1968 June UNA Newsletter 1968 Human Rights Year ReportBarryLlanelwedd1968: LlanrwstWilson 1George Thomas 
1969  1969 UNA Wales Report 1969 Nov UNA NewsletterWales and the Quest for Peace (Goronwy Jones, 1969) 1969 – Martin Luther KingFlintLlanelwedd1969: Aberystwyth   
1970  1970 UNA Wales ReportOct 1970 WCIA Appeal1970 June UNA Newsletter 1970 March UNA Newsleter1970 – Moon LandingAmmanfordLlanelwedd1970: LlanidloesHeathPeter Thomas 
1971  1971 UNA Wales ReportSept 1971 News1971 June UNA Newsletter 1971 Feb UNA Newsletter1971 – Env Pollution, 50th MsgBangorLlanelwedd1971: Swansea   
1972UNAIS Exchange 1972 UNA Wales ReportSept 1972 News1972 May UNA Newsletter  1972 – OppressionHaverfordwestLlanelwedd1972: Bala, Gwynedd   
1973WCIA LaunchWCIA1973 May UNA Wales Report1973 N Wales Congress1967 Dec UNA Newsletter Montgomery VI Form Confs 1963-731973 – IdentityRuthinLlanelwedd1973: Pontypridd   
1974  1974 WCIA Report 11974 UNA AGM, Bridgend1974 June WCIA Newsletter  1974 – PollutionCarmarthenLlanelwedd1974: RhylWilson 2John Morris 
1975  1975 WCIA Report 2 1975 International Women’s Year in Wales  1975CriciethLlanelwedd1975: Llanelli   
1976  1976 WCIA Report 3 1974-6 WCIA Events Prog1. “And who is my neighbour?” Reflections on the UN Habitat Conference, Vancouver, June 1976” (authored by Ewart Parkinson for WCIA) 1976CardiganLlanelwedd1976: Menai Bridge   
1977  1977 WCIA Report 4  2 “The Future of the Seas” (authored by Vaughan Lowe for WCIA, 1977) 1977 – DialogueWrexhamLlanelwedd1977: Barry, Vale of GlamorganCallaghan  
1977     3 “The Future of United Nations Peacekeeping” (co-authored by WCIA’s Political and Security Committee, chaired by Lord Harlech, 1977)     
1977     4 “The national conference on major world and economic problems in conjunction with the World Bank” (WCIA, 1977)     
1978FFHC Wales 1978 WCIA Report 51978 Spring WCIA Newsletter1978 UNA Annual Report5 “The Development Resource Centre at the Welsh Centre for International Affairs” (Miranda Green for WCIA, 1978) 1978 – Hergest Pop Song ‘Walls divide us’CardiffLlanelwedd1978: Llanelwedd   
1979Int’l Year of Child 1979 WCIA Report 6 United Nations and the Domestic Jurisdiction of States (Goronwy Jones, 1979) 6 “An introduction to agrarian development in the world economy” (WCIA, 1979) 1979 – Year of ChildCaernarfonLlanelwedd1979: MaestegThatcherNicholas Edwards 
1980Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement 1980 WCIA Report 7 Summer 1980 Newsletter7 “Disarmament, Security and Development with special reference to the Brandt Report” (co-authored by Goronwy Jones and WR Davies, 1980)  1980 – Yr of RefugeesGowertonLlanelwedd1980: Abergele   
1981Greenham March 1981 WCIA Report 8 1981 UNA Future Review8 “The Prevention of War in Europe” (Goronwy Jones for WCIA, 1981)1981 UNA Wales Report1981 – Yr of DisabledMachynllethLlanelwedd1981: Newcastle Emlyn   
1982CND Cymru 1982 WCIA Report 9WCIA10: Decade of DevelopmentConference Report: the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Commission and the European Court (1982)9 “The Fiasco of Détente and its Lessons” (Goronwy Jones for WCIA, 1982)1982 UNA Wales Report1982 – Nuclear destructionSwanseaLlanelwedd1982: Pwllheli   
1983Dolen Ffermio 1983 WCIA Report 10Country Twinning ProspectusWinter 1983 ’10 years old’ 1983 UNA Wales Report1983 – Bridges over Troubled WatersAngleseyLlanelwedd1983: Aberavon   
1984Ethiopia Famine / Live Aid 1984 WCIA Report 111984 Fundraiser ‘Global Village’Summer 1984 NewsletterDevelopment Education AO Level Report (Alison Heard, WCIA Research Fellow 1984)1984 Dev Ed AO Level Syllabus1984 – Clean WaterLampeterLlanelwedd1984: Mold, Flintshire   
1985Dolen Cymru 1985 WCIA Report 121985 Fundraiser ‘Voice of Wales’1985 ’40 Yrs of the UN’10 “The Challenge of Internationalism: 40 years of the United nations (1945 -1985) (WR Davies & Goronwy Jones for WCIA, 1985) 1985 – Nuclear Technology / TrawsfynyddRhylLlanelwedd1985: Cardiff   
1986UN Sec Gen 1986 WCIA Report 131986 Lecture Perez de Cuellar 11 “The United Nations and the Quest for Peace” (Sir Anthony Parsons and Prof Alan James for WCIA, 1986)1986 UNSG Temple Speech1986 – Nuclear-free Nation (post-Chernobyl)FishguardLlanelwedd1986: Dyffryn Ogwen   
1987  1987 WCIA Report 14    1987 – Lesotho linksPorthmadogLlanelwedd1987: Merthyr Tydfil Peter Walker 
1988Temple 50 / Peace Garden 1988 WCIA Report 151988 50th Anniversary Temple  1988 Peace Garden Project1988 – Religion & identityNewportLlanelwedd1988: Montgomeryshire   
1989Fall of Berlin Wall 1989 WCIA Report 16 1989 WW2 BoR Proposal  1989 – Minority languagesLlanrwstLlanelwedd1989: Gwendraeth    
1990Fall of Apartheid 1990 WCIA Report 171990 Lecture – Ivanov 12 “Implications for peace and security of a changing world order: Priorities for British Foreign Policy” (Prof Harry Hearder & WR Davies, 1990) 1990 – Cultural DiversityRhymneyLlanelwedd1990: Nantlle Valley David Hunt 
1991  1991 WCIA Report 181991 Lecture Sheikh Yamani   1991 – Environment (Ozone / Chernobyl)MoldLlanelwedd1991: Taff-ElyMajor  
1992Rio Earth Summit 1992 WCIA Report 191992 Lecture Lord Jenkins 13 “1992 – the Legal Implications for the Citizen” (of the European Community and Social Charter) – Conference Report (WCIA with the EC Office in Cardiff, European Parliament, Cardiff Law School and DDMI, 1992) 1992 – End of Apartheid, Urdd70AberystwythLlanelwedd1992: Glyndŵr   
1993UN50 1993 WCIA Report 20 Spring 1993 Newsletter 1993 UN50 Anniversary events1993 – Listen to VoicelessLlanelweddLlanelwedd1993: Lliw Valley John Redwood 
1994  1994 WCIA Report 21    1994 – Bosnia WarNeathLlanelwedd1994: Meirionnydd   
19955 Continents Concert 1995 WCIA Report 221995 5 Continents Concert1945-95 UNA Cardiff History  1995 – UN50AbergeleLlanelwedd1995: Preseli Pembrokeshire William Hague 
1996  1996 WCIA Report 23    1996 – UNICEFLlandeiloLlanelwedd1996: Maelor   
1997YES for WalesWCIA post-devolution1997 WCIA Report 24    1997 – Neges75BalaLlanelwedd1997: IslwynBlairRon DaviesMichael
1998EU Summit 1998 WCIA Report 25    1998 – EthiopiaPencoedLlanelwedd1998: Llŷn Peninsula Alun MichaelMorgan 1
1999Jubilee 2000 1999 WCIA Report 26    1999 – New MillenniumAngleseyLlanelwedd1999: Lampeter Paul Murphy 
2000MDGs 2000 WCIA Report 27    2000 – World DevelopmentLlanelliLlanelwedd2000: Conwy  Morgan 2
2001Oxfam Cymru 2001 WCIA Report 28    2001 – Children’s RightsDenbighLlanelwedd2001: Gŵyl yr Urdd [4]  LD Coalition
2002Fairtrade Wales 2002 WCIA Report 29 2002 Pocket Book of Peace  2002 – Croeso CalcuttaSt David’sLlanelwedd2002: Cardiff Peter Hain 
2003MDGs Task Force 2003 WCIA Report 30    2003 – PrejudiceMeifodLlanelwedd2003: Margam Country Park   
2004Tsunami Relief 2004 WCIA Report 31 2004 UNA Exchange Press Clippings  2004 – FairtradeNewportLlanelwedd2004: Llangefni  Morgan 3
2005Make Poverty History 2005 WCIA Report 32 2005 UNA Exchange Short History  2005 – NeighboursFaenol, CaernarfonLlanelwedd2005: Wales Millennium Centre   
2006Wales for Africa launched 2006 WCIA Report    2006 – WeaponsFelindre, SwanseaLlanelwedd2006: Ruthin   
2007Gold Star / WACL 2007 WCIA Report    2007 – RacismMoldLlanelwedd2007: Carmarthen  Morgan 4
2008  2008 WCIA Report    2008CardiffLlanelwedd2008: ConwyBrownPaul MurphyPC Coalition
2009  2009 WCIA Report    2009BalaLlanelwedd2009: Cardiff Bay Peter Hain 
2010Size of Wales 2010 WCIA Report    2010 – Global WarmingEbbw ValeLlanelwedd2010: LlanerchaeronCameronCheryl GillanJones 1
2011  2011 WCIA Report    2011 – AfghanistanWrexhamLlanelwedd2011: Swansea  Jones 2
2012  2012 WCIA Report    2012 – OlympicsLlandow, Vale of GlamorganLlanelwedd2012: Glynllifon David Jones 
2013IF Campaign 2013 WCIA Report 2013 Wales Africa Links  2013 – UnityDenbighLlanelwedd2013: Boncath   
2014Wales for Peace 2014 WCIA Report    2014 – WW100LlanelliLlanelwedd2014: Bala, Gwynedd Stephen Crabb 
2015Hub Cymru Africa 2015 WCIA Report    2015 – Patagonia150MeifodLlanelwedd2015: Caerphilly   
2016SDGs & Future Gens Act 2016 WCIA Report    2016 – ConscienceAbergavennyLlanelwedd2016: Flint, Flintshire Alun CairnsJones 3
2017Brexit vote 2017 WCIA Report    2017 – EqualityAngleseyLlanelwedd2017: Pencoed, BridgendMay LD Coalition
2018Temple80 + Cymru’n Cofio  2018 WCIA Report    2018 – HopeCardiff BayLlanelwedd2018: Builth Wells  Drakeford 1
2019International Strategy 2019 WCIA Report    2019 -Voice LlanrwstLlanelwedd2019: Cardiff BayJohnson  
2020COVID lockdown 2020 WCIA Report    2020 – COVID ‘Stop the Clock’noneLlanelwedd2020: Virtually (known as Eisteddfodd T)[8] Simon Hart 
2021Post-COVID Recovery  2021 WCIA Report    2021 – Equality for Women & GirlsnoneLlanelwedd2021: Virtually [9]   
2022Temple Archives Project 2022 WCIA Report    2022TregaronLlanelwedd2022: Denbigh  Drakeford 2
2023Women’s Centenary 2023 WCIA Report    2023PwllheliLlanelwedd2023: LlandoveryTrussRobert Buckland 
2024       2024RCTLlanelwedd2024: MontgomeryshireSunakDavid Davies