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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.
QUNO speaks at the first International Peace-Builders’ Forum
Diane Hendrick spoke to an international audience at the first International Peace-Builders’ Forum organised by Initiatives of Change and the...
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“Rebuilding Iraq in the Nineveh Plain” – A Briefing with Jim and Deb Fine of Mennonites Central Committee
Together with the Mennonite Central Committee, QUNO hosted a briefing at Quaker House from Deborah and Jim Fine, both of whom...
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QUNO Walks With People’s Climate March in New York
On Sunday, September 21, QUNO staff from New York and Geneva joined in the People's Climate March, which brought an...
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QUNO hosted events and released two new publications during the UN Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March in New York
On 23 September, world leaders met in New York for the UN Climate Summit to highlight the urgency of acting on...
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QUNO raises the rights of prisoners and their families at the 27th session of the UN Human Rights Council
QUNO has raised the issue of the rights of the families of persons deprived of their liberty and of children...
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Read QUNO Geneva’s latest Geneva Reporter newsletter
QUNO Geneva is pleased to share the most recent issue of our Geneva Reporter newsletter and accompanying briefing paper on The Aarhus Convention. Other featured articles include updates on our A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture work, the Human Rights...
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Open Letter regarding the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
QUNO partners, Amnesty International and the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), have written an open letter regarding the Outcome Document...
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A new Human Rights and Refugees Representative at QUNO Geneva
In February, Rachel Brett who has been Representative, Human Rights and Refugees (HRR) at QUNO Geneva since 1993 announced her...
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Read the New York office’s most recent Newsletter, In & Around the UN
The New York office is please to share our most recent Newsletter, featuring articles on Burundi, Somalia, Peacebuilding, the post-2015 Development...
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QUNO Contributes to Peacebuilding Commission Annual Session
QUNO was invited to participate in the first ever UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) Annual Session in New York on June...
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QUNO hosts discussion on Peaceland book
QUNO hosted an informal discussion at Quaker House in New York for Dr. Severine Autesserre from Barnard College to share...
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QUNO hosts photo exhibit This Light That Pushes Me: Stories of African Peacebuilders
QUNO hosted an evening reception for the photography exhibition, This Light That Pushes Me: Stories of African Peacebuilders at Quaker...
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QUNO hosts side event at the Aarhus Convention’s Meeting of the Parties on “Building peace through environmental access rights”
QUNO organized a side event on "Building peace through environmental access rights: preventing conflict around water, land and food" (download the briefing...
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UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice (CCPCJ): Elimination of Violence against Children
QUNO welcomes the CCPCJ adoption of the United Nations Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Children in...
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Revision of the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
The UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs) are the reference for national authorities on how prisoners...
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UN Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice: Side-event on the wider impacts of the death penalty
In May, QUNO attended the annual UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) in Vienna with other representatives...
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Meeting of the European Bureau of Conscientious Objectors in Brussels
QUNO attended the meeting of the European Bureau of Conscientious Objectors in Brussels. At the meeting, QUNO reported on recent...
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QUNO hosts Canadian Friends at UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples
QUNO New York is hosting the Canadian Friends Service Committee for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as they...
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