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.
Geneva Reporter
This issue of the QUNO Geneva newsletter features: perspectives on the recently concluded negotiations for a Global Compact on Migration, a...
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Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace
This report brings together the learning from a project undertaken from February 2017 to April 2018 to explore the Universal...
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Building Sustainable Peace: How inclusivity, partnerships and a reinforced UN Peacebuilding Architecture will support delivery
Following extensive interview and desk based research, QUNO and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) released their report,...
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Sustaining Peace: An introduction
This joint publication by the Quaker United Nations Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Lancaster University demonstrates how economic, social and cultural rights...
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Briefing for Friends: Human Rights of Migrants under the New York Declaration
The New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants was adopted by States in September 2016 and initiated a two-year process...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter features: a brief overview on our recent work on sustaining peace and food security, a...
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Update: What climate science tell us: a brief summary of the latest climate science ahead of COP 21 in Paris
QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change programme briefly summarizes the latest climate science ahead of the COP 21 climate change negotiations taking place in...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's July 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is now available online. The latest issue features: an update from our Human...
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Committee on the Rights of the Child Work to date: Children of incarcerated parents
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has provided interpretation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child...
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Towards a Human Rights Based Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration Paper 2: Expectations following the Agreement of Modalities Resolution
QUNO is closely following the process for negotiating a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This process part...
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QUNO Submits Written Input to Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in Humanitarian Contexts
On March 31, 2017, QUNO’s Food & Sustainability and Peace and Disarmament Programmes, submitted a joint contribution to Special Rapporteur...
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Are Small-scale Farmers at the Table? Reflections on Small-scale Farmersโ Participation in Global and National Decision-Making
This policy brief offers information on (1) small-scale farmer representation in international discussions related to food and nutrition security, innovation,...
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QUNO submits written statements to the 34th session of the UN HRC
QUNO's Human Rights & Refugees, Food & Sustainability, and Peace & Disarmament programmes each submitted written statements to the 34th...
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Replicating good practice from Italy: recommendations for States on children of incarcerated parents
Child Rights Connect's Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents has produced a series of recommendations for States on the...
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Initial Input to Discussions on the Modalities Resolution for a Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
QUNO is actively contributing to the process for negotiating a Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. This UN-level...
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In & Around the UN
Our New York office's quarterly Newsletter, featuring articles on the new UN Secretary General, integrating human rights and sustaining peace,...
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Peacebuilding Statement for International Day of Peace
In honour of the International Day of Peace, QUNO and peacebuilding organisations from around the world have issued a shared...
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Geneva Reporter
In this issue: Can recent international attention on the issue of nuclear disarmament lead to any meaningful action? Climate science in...
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