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.
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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Greening Aid for Trade (Working Paper No. 4 in TESS Series)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes trade as an essential means of implementation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
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Circular Economy and Trade (Working Paper No. 1 in TESSD Series)
This working paper looks into the circular economy, its linkages with trade, and development and justice concerns related to the...
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Reinvigorating the Public Sector: The Case of Food Security, Small-Scale Farmers, Trade and Intellectual Property Rules
In this recently published paper in the Society for International Development (2017), QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Representative Susan H. Bragdon...
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The Evolution of Rights and Responsibilities over Agricultural Biodiversity
This publication explores the concerns driving relevant international instruments with the goal of increasing the understanding needed to achieve coherence...
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Access to seeds: lessons from the access to medicines debate
Here we explore the potential for a Declaration on Access to Seed to be drafted, following the example of the...
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Access to seeds: lessons from the access to medicines debate
Here we explore the potential for a Declaration on Access to Seed to be drafted, following the example of the...
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United under the SDGs: Achieving food security through collaboration among international bodies
The international legal architecture governing plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, food security, trade and intellectual property is made...
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Small-scale farmer innovation systems: A review of the literature
This literature review marks QUNO’s step back from focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) to ask more broadly: What are...
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The right to food and its relation to trade and investment rules, written statement to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),...
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Food, Biological Diversity and Intellectual Property
The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) influences global policy relating to agricultural research, as...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO Geneva's newsletter for November to January 2010. Featured stories: Conscientious Objection to Military Service Securing the Millennium Development Goals...
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Patents, Trade and Development
This beginners' introduction to rules on patents, copyright and other forms of intellectual property describes how they affect distribution of...
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Multilateral Agreements and a TRIPS-plus World: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Discusses TRIPs-plus standards at the multilateral level particularly in negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The World Trade...
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Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in TRIPS
Analyses the special and differential treatment provisions in the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement, assesses their implementation...
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Regional & Bilateral Agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
Provides an overview, based on intellectual property rights negotiations in the Americas, of some of the implications of regional and...
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Micro-organisms, Definitions and Options under TRIPS
Occasional Paper 2 – Paper prepared for a Discussion Meeting hosted by the Quaker UN Office – Geneva and the International...
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Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity
There is a growing debate about intellectual property rights, food, farming, biodiversity, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and other...
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