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.
Exploring Structural Barriers to Justice and Sustainability in Economic Systems
QUNO Representative for Sustainable and Just Economic Systems Joachim Monkelbaan contributed to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung publication “Building Back Better: A Call for...
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Briefing Paper: Using the Regional Migration Reviews to Further Human Rights Protection
The Global Compact for Migration (GCM), adopted in 2018, is a significant commitment from governments to take a people centred...
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United Nations Community Engagement Guidelines for Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
As the Secretary-General boldly states in his 2020 report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, “civil society engagement and participation is...
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Building Peace during the Pandemic โ A Conversation between QUNO and the UNPBSO
In recognition of the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on global peace and security, the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Support...
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‘A lethal disregard’: QUNO’s written statement on the human rights of migrants at the 44th Human Rights Council
QUNO submitted this written statement on the occasion of the annual Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights...
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Working Paper: Exploring barriers to justice and sustainability in economic systems
This analysis is a work in progress that has been prepared as a working document by QUNO’s Sustainable and Just...
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Building Peace through Reconciliation
Every five years the UN undertakes a review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) to assess the system’s progress towards peacebuilding and sustaining peace...
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Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, produced this Briefing Paper...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents – International Standards and Guidelines
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This special issue highlights some of the ways the Quaker commitment...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – 2020 Edition
A Government Official’s Toolkit: inspiring urgent climate action includes 12 concise cases, 231 quotes referenced to over 100 published papers...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's August 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue features: an update from our Human Rights & Refugees...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – Updated A5 edition
This edition of A Government Official's Toolkit has been lightly edited and re-organized into a smaller format. This and the original publication...
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Briefing for Friends – A short guide for engaging with the Global Compact on Migration
On 10th December 2018, after a two year negotiation process, States formally adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2018 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available online. The latest issue features: an update from our Human Impacts...
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Briefing for Friends: The adoption of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
This briefing provides a short guide to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, offering an explanation of the...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit
This publication is written to support government officials—at local, regional and national levels—who are concerned about the impact of climate...
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In & Around the UN
Read QUNO New York's quarterly newsletter, In & Around the UN, featuring articles on: The newly established QUNO Alumni Network (QAN) Shared...
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