Areas of work: Geneva
Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 1/3) – QUNO Geneva believes ‘Peace is Possible’ at the Opening Ceremony
The Geneva Peace Week 2022 took place from 31st October to 4th November 2022. It is a leading annual forum...
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QUNO highlights the role of the informal waste sector in African inclusive circular economy transitions
QUNO has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF South Africa) to demonstrate how the informal waste sector (IWS) can...
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What Does Arctic Science Say About Climate Justice?
As part of the COP27 side event on climate justice in the Arctic co-hosted by QUNO, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference,...
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COP27 QUNO Statement to the Global Stocktake Technical Dialogue on the Importance of Holistic and Integrated Approaches to International Climate Cooperation
ON 10 November 2022, QUNO Human Impacts of Climate Change representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook, spoke on an expert panel to...
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Quaker Statement on the Peace Testimony and Ukraine
Quakers are a people who follow after peace, love and unity. Our peace testimony is our witness to the Truth...
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QUNO Geneva’s Peace and Disarmament programme engagement at Human Rights Council
At the 51st session of the Human Rights Council – which has come to a close – the Peace and...
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Transformation for Racial Justice: Nothing can be changed until it is faced
On 3 October, QUNO Geneva engaged with the work of the Human Rights Council on systemic racism. Speaking in the...
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QUNO NY Staff Comings & Goings
The support and contributions of Programme Assistants (PAs) are critical to QUNO NY’s United Nations efforts. Our colleagues come to...
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Building Toward Migration Justice with all the Tools in the Toolbox: Complementarity Between the Global Compact for Migration and the Convention on Migrant Workers
On 27 September, speaking at the Committee on Migrant Workers Day of General Discussion on the convergence between the Global Compact...
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World leaders gather for opening of 77th session of UN General Assembly
Every year world leaders gather at UN headquarters in New York for the opening of the General Assembly (UNGA), with...
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QUNO NY’s Director delivers Pendle Hill lecture on lessons from Bayard Rustin
On 12 September, QUNO New York Director, Sarah Clarke, delivered the Steven G. Carey Memorial lecture at the Quaker center,...
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Geneva Reporter September 2022
QUNO's September 2022 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes a welcome letter from our Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge...
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FWCC/QUNO Submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts
FWCC/QUNO submitted in September 2022 a report to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of...
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QUNO Geneva Human Rights and Refugee Programme at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights and Refugees Programme (HRR) at QUNO Geneva engaged with the 50th Human Rights Council, including through three...
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QUNO’s presence at the June Climate Meetings in Bonn
The first in-person climate negotiations this year – and the precursor to COP27 in Egypt – took place in Bonn...
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International Migration Review Forum: Consensus Adoption of Progress Declaration a Significant Step Forward
The first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) took place in New York from May 16th to the 20th, gathering Member...
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