Areas of work:
Geneva
QUNO: 75 Years of a Trusted Presence at the United Nations
This year, 2023, marks 75 years since the Quakers United Nations Office (QUNO) was founded in 1948. QUNO represents Quakers...
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QUNO Geneva gives recommendations to enhance Special Procedures’ contributions to sustaining peace at the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO Geneva’s Peace and Disarmament programme delivered a statement under Item 5 of the Human Rights Council 52nd Session to...
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Upcoming Event: Webinar and Quiet Diplomacy Dinner on Trade-Related Measures for a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
We would like to inform you of an upcoming event on the 26th of April 2023, co-hosted by the Quaker...
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52nd Session of the Human Rights Council – Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
On the 9th and 10th of March, an Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment was...
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Countries adopt landmark treaty to protect the world’s oceans
Late in the evening on 4 March 2023, the United Nations adopted a historic treaty to protect the world’s oceans....
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Rethinking Plastic Pollution Solutions: QUNO’s Insights on Policy Interventions and Reuse Systems at WTO Dialogue
On 16 February 2023, Mr. Andres Naranjo, the Programme Associate for QUNO's Sustainable and Just Economic Systems (SJES), presented at...
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Intervention at the 29th Human Rights Advisory Committee on New Technologies for Climate Protection
On the 20th February, as part of the 29th meeting of the Human Rights Advisory Committee in Geneva, a discussion...
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Webinar Series on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), Connection e.V., International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR), and War Resisters’ International (WRI) are pleased...
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QUNO/CIEL Event on International Trade and the Upcoming Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
QUNO, and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) organized an event to discuss trade measures in the context of...
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QUNO highlights the importance of the arms sector when discussing responsible business conduct
During the 11th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights | OHCHR, QUNO Geneva partnered with American Bar Association Center...
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QUNO Briefing Paper for the Climate Negotiations under the UNFCCC: The Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform
Quakers support Indigenous peoples’ rights, based on our commitment to peace and justice. We recognise the historical and ongoing injustice...
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QUNO Two-Sider: International Environmental Law
International environmental law is central to climate action. For example, the 2015 Paris Agreement, is a universal climate change agreement...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Inspiring Actions to Create New Laws on Climate Change
The climate negotiations under the UNFCCC are the main form of international climate action. Yet, there are many international and...
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QUNO Two-Sider: Climate Change & People on the Move
The impacts of climate change are shaping some of the oldest human practices: moving and creating places where we feel...
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QUNO Stresses the Importance of Adopting Package-less and Reuse Systems to Address Plastics Pollution in a Workshop Organised by the WTO and UNCTAD
QUNO participated in a workshop on sustainable and effective substitutes and alternatives for plastics, co-organized by the World Trade Organization...
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QUNO Attends Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
From 28 November to 2 December 2022, the first session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution was...
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