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Through formal and informal events and relationship building, the Quaker United Nations Office engages with UN bodies, Member States and other partners. Stay up-to-date with the latest news relating to happenings at the UN and our work on the global stage.
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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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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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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QUNO joins submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures
The Human Impacts of Climate Change programme jointly made a submission to the UNFCCC’s Katowice Committee of Experts on the...
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QUNO Geneva speaks at “Building the Bridge: Virtual Launch Event for UNIDIR’s Arms-Related Risk Analysis Toolkit”
On 5th May 2022, QUNO Geneva’s Representative for Peace and Disarmament, Florence Foster, was an expert speaker at the virtual...
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QUNO joins talk on “How are Quakers supporting climate action at the UN?”
QUNO's Representative for Human Impacts of Climate Change, Lindsey Fielder Cook, gave a presentation on Quaker work at the Intergovernmental...
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QUNO Geneva Human Rights and Refugee Programme at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights and Refugees Programme at QUNO Geneva engaged with the 49th Human Rights Council through oral statements on...
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QUNO welcomes OHCHRs report on achieving and upholding the principles of the UN Charter – HRC49
At the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council, Florence Foster, QUNO’s Representative for Peace and Disarmament delivered a statement...
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QUNO welcomes OHCHRs report on delivery and financing of capacity building, technical assistance and prevention – HRC49
Florence Foster, Representative for Peace and Disarmament, delivered a statement at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council to...
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