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QUNO co-hosts panel event on promoting conflict sensitive business practice

23rd June 2015

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QUNO and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and hosted "Promoting conflict sensitive business practice – Reflections on experience," a lunch-time panel discussion on civil society efforts to engage business on the impacts of investment on conflict and changing approaches of Northeast Asian business stakeholders, particularly from China. 

The event was moderated by Diane Hendrick, QUNO's Representative for Peace and Disarmament, and speakers included Jason Tower, a Quaker International Affairs Representative in Beijing, and Andreas Graf, Program Officer with swisspeace.

Further details on the event are available in the PDF document below.

Areas of work: Peace & Disarmament
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