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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.
Is the Arms Trade Above International Law?
“Is the Arms Trade Above International Law?”This pressing question was at the heart of a recent public event co-organized by...
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Sustaining peace needs intersectional approach at United Nations
Peacebuilding has been viewed mainly as post-conflict intervention at the United Nations (UN), but the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)...
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QUNO Geneva leads on human rights and conventional arms discussion for the Geneva Consultations on the New Agenda for Peace
QUNO Geneva, as a founding member of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP), supported consultations with relevant stakeholders in Geneva on...
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QUNO: 75 Years of a Trusted Presence at the United Nations
This year, 2023, marks 75 years since the Quakers United Nations Office (QUNO) was founded in 1948. QUNO represents Quakers...
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QUNO Geneva gives recommendations to enhance Special Procedures’ contributions to sustaining peace at the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO Geneva’s Peace and Disarmament programme delivered a statement under Item 5 of the Human Rights Council 52nd Session to...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 3/3) – QUNO moderates High Level Panel on ‘Rights, Inequalities and Peace: navigating tensions, finding opportunities”
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development explicitly combines the promotion of peaceful, just, and inclusive societies in its Goal 16,...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 2/3) – QUNO continues to spotlight human rights, social and economic justice, and political participation as foundational to sustainable peace
As one of the founding organizations of the Geneva Peace Platform (GPP), QUNO Geneva continues to play a role in...
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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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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 Offices connect with the Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas
Friends World Committee for Consultation Section of the Americas (FWCC SOA) recently invited QUNO to a meeting with their Regional...
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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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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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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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Geneva Peace Week 2020
QUNO is proud to be one of the institutional partners behind the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, the organisation that runs Geneva...
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Geneva Peace Week Event: Prevention and sustaining peace: human rights in action
QUNO will co-host a side event during Geneva Peace Week on "Prevention and sustaining peace: human rights in action" on Tuesday...
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QUNO hosts Geneva Peace Week event on the private sector’s role in sustaining peace
During Geneva Peace Week in November, the Sustainable & Just Economic Systems programme organized a side event on this topic and...
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Advancing Prevention in the Era of Climate Change
As the sixth and final event in the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform’s 2020 discussion series, QUNO co-hosted a...
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Roundtable: Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace
For Geneva Peace Week 2019, QUNO and Interpeace organised a self-reflective roundtable on Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace. The...
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