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.
People’s Climate Empowerment Series
QUNO's People's Climate Empowerment Series is a helpful resource to connect people with international efforts that can strengthen climate action...
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QUNO Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
This submission by the Quaker United Nations Office explores how incorporating the human rights of people in poverty into national plans...
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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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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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QUNO NY Director addresses the annual session of the Peacebuilding Commission
Every year, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) holds an annual session that brings together UN and Member State colleagues to focus on timely...
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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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Human Rights Based Climate Action
This leaflet was written to help decision makers better understand how a rights-based approach in forming climate policy will lead...
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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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The role of decentralized renewable energy in peacebuilding
Can energy ever be used as a tool for peacebuilding instead of a cause of conflict? What peacebuilding tools are...
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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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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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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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A Negotiator’s Toolkit – Second edition
This booklet was created to support climate negotiators in their work to engage busy Ministries with reasons for urgent, rights-based...
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Threats to United States Support for the United Nations: An Overview
The international community of Friends set up the Quaker UN offices 70 years ago to support the United Nations (UN)...
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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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A Negotiator’s Toolkit
This booklet was created to support climate negotiators in their work to engage busy Ministries with reasons for urgent, rights-based...
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