Areas of work: Geneva
The QUNO Climate Change team during COP26: activities and reflections
QUNO was present throughout the entire COP26 in Glasgow, focusing on climate justice concerns, and strengthening ambitious, effective and fair...
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QUNO Geneva hosted the event ‘Sustaining Peace and Human Rights – Making it work at the country level through engaging UN Special Procedures’ at Geneva Peace Week 2021
On the second day of Geneva Peace Week, QUNO, Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Interpeace, the Office of the High Commissioner for...
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Lindsey Fielder Cook speaks from COP26 at the Opening Ceremony of Geneva Peace Week 2021
At the Opening Ceremony of Geneva Peace Week 2021, our Representative for Climate Change, Lindsey Fielder Cook was part of...
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QUNO Releases Briefing Paper and makes a Statement at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council on Racial Justice and Migration Governance
The Human Rights and Refugees Program (HRR) at QUNO Geneva is pleased to announce the release of its latest briefing paper...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – 2021 Edition
A Government Official’s Toolkit: inspiring urgent climate action includes 12 concise cases, with points quoted from, and linked to, peer-reviewed papers....
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QUNO Geneva presents its statement at the 48th Human Rights Council Session encouraging further exchange between the Peacebuilding Commission Chair and the Human Rights Council
QUNO Geneva addressed the Human Rights Council (HRC) under Item 3 regarding the follow-up to resolutions on the contribution of...
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Human Rights Council 48th Session Starts Online with High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Highlighting Environmental Crises, Migration and Displacement
QUNO Geneva is (virtually) attending the 48th session of the Human Rights Council with particular attention to the human rights...
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Let us see what Peace can do: A shared statement by peacebuilding organizations
The International Day of Peace falls on 21 September each year and serves as a day devoted to strengthening commitments...
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New Opportunities to Further Action on Racial Justice and Migration Governance
The Human Rights and Refugees Program at QUNO-Geneva has begun to work explicitly on the intersection between racial justice and...
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Quaker United Nations Office Geneva names new Director
Following an international search process, the Quaker UN Office is delighted to announce that Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has been selected as...
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QUNO Attends 54th Session of the IPCC and 14th Session of the Working Group 1
Friday marked the close of the 54th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and 14th Session of...
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QUNO Geneva’s Representative for Peace and Disarmament participated in the fourth episode of the KOFF Ton-Träger podcast
Florence Foster, Representative for Peace and Disarmament at the Quaker United Nations Office Geneva, participated in the fourth episode of...
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QUNO, War Resisters International and International Fellowship of Reconciliation’s webinar series
QUNO, War Resisters International and International Fellowship of Reconciliation’s webinar series on campaigning for conscientious objection to military service aims...
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Statement on the 10th anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights at the Human Rights Council
QUNO’s peace and disarmament programme made a statement at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council during the...
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QUNO makes an intervention at the June Climate Change Conference
QUNO joined observers at the June Climate Change Conference sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC, held this year...
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Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Refugee Status Determination
To mark International Conscientious Objectors' Day on the 15 May 2021, QUNO is pleased to be releasing our new publication on...
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