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.
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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Mental Health, Human Rights and Criminal Justice submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
This briefing is QUNO's input to an open request for information by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...
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Trends in Public Sector Spending in Agriculture
This document provides a brief overview of the statistics and trends on the declining public sector support for agriculture –...
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Challenges to Small-Scale Farmers and Agro-Biodiversity
This note highlights the importance of small-scale farmers and agricultural biodiversity in ensuring global food security. It also provides a...
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The Small-Scale Farmer and Agricultural Biodiversity Dialogue to Action Series
This concept note served as a background document for the Expert Consultation on the Role of the Public Sector in...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's November 2016 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue features: a Q&A with Susan Bragdon on the role...
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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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Great expectations: Is access and benefit sharing sufficient to support small scale farmers and agrobiodiversity?
Access and benefit-sharing (ABS) systems are based on a transactional approach to facilitating the exchange of genetic resources and funding...
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Are small-scale farmers at the table? Participation and access to information within international fora
This policy brief highlights that the voices of small-scale farmers are not adequately represented within international fora relating to food security,...
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Written Statement to WIPO IGC Session 31
FWCC/QUNO submitted a written statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources,...
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Contribution to Special Rapporteur John Knox’s Report
On September 30, 2016, QUNO submitted a contribution to Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, John Knox’s upcoming...
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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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Climate justice and the use of human rights law in reducing greenhouse gas emissions
This report looks at how human rights obligations can help support policies which lead to more successful and just efforts...
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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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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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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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QUNO Submission the the Yearly Supplement of the quinquennial report on capital punishment, 2016
QUNO's submission to the Secretary-General, in contribution to the collation of the 2016 Yearly Supplement to his Quinquennial Report on...
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