Areas of work: Food & Sustainability
World leaders gather with hopes for peace in the face of deepening crises
On September 19th, world leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York for the opening of the 78thSession of...
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QUNO attends expert group on “Advancing the 2030 Agenda” organized by the UN DESC
In January, Susan Bragdon, QUNO's Representative for Food & Sustainability, was one of 46 experts invited to Advancing the 2030...
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FWCC Q&A with Susan Bragdon on Agrobiodiversity
The World Office for the Friends World Committee for Consultation has added a Q&A with Susan Bragdon, Representative, Food &...
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QUNO co-hosts a Food Security and Sustaining Peace side-event at the World Committee on Food Security
QUNO co-hosted a side-event “Contributing to sustaining peace and conflict prevention: perspectives from agriculture, food security and nutrition” at the...
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Statement at the High Level Political Forum in New York in July 2017
From July 10-19, 2017, the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) took place in New York. The HLPF is the United...
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New Publication on 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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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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Susan Bragdon Nominated to Attend Expert Group Meeting on Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 2
QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Representative Susan Bragdon was one of 100 experts nominated to participate in an expert group meeting...
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QUNO Food & Sustainability Programme Attended the ECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
On April 25, 2017, Food & Sustainability Programme Assistant Nora Meier attended the UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD)....
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QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Releases Three New Publications
Programme Representative Susan H. Bragdon authored three new publications, which were published in March 2017 and are now available online...
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QUNO Submits Written Input to Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food in Humanitarian Contexts
In March 2017, QUNO attended an informal discussion on the Right to Food in humanitarian contexts organized by the Special Rapporteur...
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QUNO Food & Sustainability Programme Delivers Oral Statement at Human Rights Council
The Clustered Interactive Dialogue (ID) on Sustainable Environment and on the Right to Food was held at the 34th session...
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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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QUNO Submits Written Input to the Berlin Charter on Rural Development and Food Security
On March 31, 2017, QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Programme, submitted a written contribution to the Berlin Charter on rural development...
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The Time is Ripe for Governments to Strengthen Sustainable and Food-Secure Farming
In March 2017, QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Programme published the call to action paper entitled The Time is Ripe for...
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Foundations of Food Security – Ensuring Support to Small-scale Farmers Managing Agricultural Biodiversity
This paper, discusses the access and benefit-sharing (ABS) agreements established by the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food...
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