Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2025
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights...
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Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 3 โ Briefing Note for INC 5.2)
This briefing note by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and Eunomia Research & Consulting presents the preliminary findings from...
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Summary Report – “Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 2)โ
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), in collaboration with Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd., is pleased to announce the release...
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Full Report: “Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 2)”
This study by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and Eunomia, conducted with grant funding from the Rockefeller Foundation and...
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Trade Issues and the International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution: A Legal Analysis
Authored by Dr. Alexandra Harrington, the report provides a critical examination of the intersection between international trade law and the...
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Plastic Money: Turning Off the Subsidies Tap (Phase 1)
QUNO’s Sustainable and Just Economic Systems programme, in partnership with Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd., has published the Phase 1...
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A Government Officialโs Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Healthy, and Equitable Climate Action – 2024 Edition
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva published an updated version ‘A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Healthy, and Equitable...
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Climate Change: What We Can Do – 2024 Edition
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva published a 'Climate Change: What We Can Do" (previously known as ‘How to...
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QUNO’s Engagement at the 60th Session of the IPCC
QUNO’s Human Impact of Climate Change programme, speaking on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, participated in the 60th Session...
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Towards More Ambitious Goals: Reflections on the First International Migration Review Forum
The new FES publication offers a civil society perspective on how we can raise ambition for the IMRF to deliver...
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QUNO COP28 Resources and Analysis
QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change Programme attended the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai in November and December...
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Booklet: Sustaining peace and human rights towards just, peaceful, and inclusive societies
QUNO Geneva's Peace & Disarmament program works to highlight and reinforce the inextricable link between human rights and peace and...
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Booklet: Arms control, human rights, and corporate responsibility towards just, peaceful, and inclusive societies
QUNO Geneva's Peace & Disarmament program works on highlighting the arms-related risks to human rights and tackling the challenges in...
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Enhancing Meaningful Participation of Migrants, Migrant Organizations and Organized Migrant Groups in Regional Migration Review Processes
This paper serves as a call to action for all stakeholders involved in the GCM Regional Reviews, urging them to...
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New Report: Strategies for Asian countries to end plastic pollution
Against the backdrop of Asia’s struggle with burgeoning plastic waste, the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has published a new...
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Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace: Exploring Special Procedures
The report 'Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace: Exploring Special Procedures' is based on a joint project undertaken by the...
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QUNO’s Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
QUNO, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered this submission in response to a call for input...
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QUNO’s INC-3 Joint Submission with IUCN on Plastic Subsidies
At its second session, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee requested the Secretariat to invite written submissions on (a) Elements not discussed...
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