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In & Around the UN

‘In and Around the UN’ is a newsletter that describes the current activities of the Quaker United Nations Office in New York. It presents a number of UN issues from QUNO’s perspective, and in the context of our ongoing work. These back-issues are presented in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.

• In & Around the U.N., December 2012 (pdf 325kb)
  - Letter from the Director
  - Update from QUNO Geneva
  - Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  - Palestine Becomes a "Non-Member Observer State"
  - New Perspectives on Somalia
  

• In & Around the U.N., September 2012 (pdf 357kb)
  - Fast-moving Changes in Myanmar
  - Letter from the Director
  - Update from QUNO Geneva
  - What Will Replace the Millennium Development Goals?
  - West Africa Reconciliation Conference
  - Grassroots Reconciliation in Burundi
  - QUNO-NY Staff Update

• In & Around the U.N., June 2012 (pdf 375kb)
  -New Directions: Exploring Alternatives for a Peaceful Solution
  in Somalia
  - Letter from the Director
  - The joint QUNO Review
  - Consolidating Peace in Liberia and Sierra Leone
  - Sixth World Conference of Friends
  - Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
  - Update from QUNO Geneva
  - Meet Elisabeth
  - PA Corner

• In & Around the U.N., December 2011 (pdf 273kb)
  - Delegation of UN Experts from China Visits New York
  - Letter from the Director
  - Letter from QUNO-Geneva
  - PA Corner
  - Restorative Justice and peacebuilding
  - Prevention Seminar with the Security Council
  - How to Support QUNO New York
  - Quaker Collaboration on the Horn of Africa

• In & Around the U.N., September 2011 (pdf 197kb)
  - From Reaction to Intervention: But What about Prevention?
  - Letter from the Director
  - Letter from QUNO-Geneva
  - Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Burundi
  - Palestine and Statehood at the UN
  - How to Support QUNO New York
  - QUNO Staff Update

• In & Around the U.N., June 2011 (pdf 296kb)
  - Building Peace: From China to Africa and Back Again
  - Letter from the Director
  - Peacebuilding at the UN
  - Finding Hope for a Troubled World
  - Preventing Election Violence in Kenya
  - How to Support QUNO New York
  - QUNO Staff Update
  - The Changing face of Violence

• In & Around the U.N., June 2010 (pdf 340kb)
  - Finding the Heart of Peacebuilding
  - Letter from the Director
  - Haiti: Earthquake Response
  - Learning from Somali Peace Processes
  - China’s Changing Role at the UN
  - Preventing Election Violence in Burundi
  - Healing and Reconciliation in DRC
  - QUNO Staff Changes
  - Nuclear Review Conference
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,September 2009 (pdf 591kb)
  - Peacebuilding and Early Recovery
  - Responsibility to Protect
  - GA President to Prioritize Poverty, Human Rights
  - Strengthening UN Efforts in Peacemaking & Preventive Diplomacy
  - Developing Leadership in a Troubled World
  - Letter from the Director
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,January 2009 (pdf 264kb)
  - Peacebuilding and Early Recovery
  - Letter from the Director
  - Burundi: The Road to Peace
  - Responsibility to Protect
  - Interfaith Dialogue with the Iranian President
  - Democratic Republic of Congo
  - New QUNO Team
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,June 2008 (pdf 495kb)
  - Postcard from China
  - Democratic republic of Congo
  - UN Forum on indigenous issues
  - UN Peacebuilding commission
  - Northern Uganda: Juba peace talks
  - New Director
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Summer 2007 (pdf 585kb)
  - Humanitarian Crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  - Iraq: The Plight of Refugees and IDPs
  - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Gives N. Uganda’s Peace Talks a Boost
  - QUNO Participates in Quaker Peace Network- Africa Meeting
  - QUNO and the UN Peacebuilding Commission
  - Young Friend Participates in Commission on the Status of Women
  
  
• In & Around the U.N., September 2006 (pdf 336 kb)
  - Northern Uganda: Harmonizing International Policy with Needs on the Ground
  - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The 2006 Small Arms Review Conference
  - High Hopes and Careful Vigilance Are Needed for Sustainable Peace in Burundi
  - Government, Indigenous Peoples and Quakers Convene at the 5th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issue
  
  
• In & Around the U.N., Winter 2006 (pdf 134 kb)
  - QUNO Sponsors UN Panel on Forgotten Emergencies
  - From Community-based Projects to International Policy: QUNO Visits the Quaker Peace Network - Africa
  - New QUNO Committee
  - QUNO Changes 2006
  - Departure of QUNO's Director
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Spring/Summer 2005 (pdf 103 kb)
  - The Millennium + 5 Summit: Planning for the future of the U.N.
  - UN Security Council Humanitarian Briefings
  - A visit to QPSW Uganda
  - Quaker Presence at Forum on Indigenous People
  - Prevention of Armed Conflict takes Center Stage
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Spring/Summer 2004 (pdf 94 kb)
  - Northern Uganda and the International Community
  - Worl'd's Indigenous Peoples Meet at United Nations Headquarters
  - UN Explores New Areas for Cooperation on Small Arms
  - Quaker House: Celebrating 50 years at the UN
  
  
• In & Around the U.N., Fall/Winter 2003 (pdf 320 kb)
  - The Shift from Pre-emption to Prevention: Momentum Builds
  - Iraq: Finding a Solution
  - Governance and the Multilaterals
  - Implementing the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms
  - Continuing Work on Small Arms Demand
  - QUNO News
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Spring/Summer 2003 (80 kb)
  - Reflections on the run-up to war in Iraq and the fate of the UN
  - Small Arms: a real threat on the road to peace and reconstruction
  - Follow-up to major UN conferences in the economic and social fields
  - Action plan for gender mainstreaming launched
  - Kyoto: Keeping water on the map
  - Working from home
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Fall/Winter 2002 (pdf 235 kb)
  - Reflections on the World Summit on Sustainable Development
  - Millennium Development Goals: How do we get there from here?
  - Prevention of Violent Conflict
  - Iraq: Prevention or Pre-emption?
  - Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech before the General Assembly
  - Small Arms News
  - Adolescent Girls in Armed Groups: Study Outcomes
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,Spring/Summer 2002 (pdf 271 kb)
  - The Expanding War: Eliminating Terrorism or Undermining Global Stability?
  - ‘War on Terrorism’ and the Escalating Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  - Afghanistan: The Forgotten Country
  - Partnerships as Conflict Prevention
  - Columbia’s Spiraling Violence
  - Whose Terrorism?
  - Iraq, the UN, the US and its allies
  - The Ratification of the International Criminal Court
  - Quaker House Celebrates Fifty Years
  
  
• In & Around the U.N.,August 2001 (pdf 423 kb)
  - HIV/AIDS: Global Crisis, Global Response
  - A Big Step Toward the Control of Small Arms
  - Financing for Development: Preparatory Committees I and II
  - Recent UN Action on the New Middle East Crisis
  - QUNO International Summer Program
  - World Conference Against Racism
  - Progress on Prevention