Areas of work:
Geneva
Building Toward Migration Justice with all the Tools in the Toolbox: Complementarity Between the Global Compact for Migration and the Convention on Migrant Workers
On 27 September, speaking at the Committee on Migrant Workers Day of General Discussion on the convergence between the Global Compact...
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World leaders gather for opening of 77th session of UN General Assembly
Every year world leaders gather at UN headquarters in New York for the opening of the General Assembly (UNGA), with...
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QUNO NY’s Director delivers Pendle Hill lecture on lessons from Bayard Rustin
On 12 September, QUNO New York Director, Sarah Clarke, delivered the Steven G. Carey Memorial lecture at the Quaker center,...
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Geneva Reporter September 2022
QUNO's September 2022 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes a welcome letter from our Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge...
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FWCC/QUNO Submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts
FWCC/QUNO submitted in September 2022 a report to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of...
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QUNO Geneva Human Rights and Refugee Programme at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights and Refugees Programme (HRR) at QUNO Geneva engaged with the 50th Human Rights Council, including through three...
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QUNO’s presence at the June Climate Meetings in Bonn
The first in-person climate negotiations this year – and the precursor to COP27 in Egypt – took place in Bonn...
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International Migration Review Forum: Consensus Adoption of Progress Declaration a Significant Step Forward
The first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) took place in New York from May 16th to the 20th, gathering Member...
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QUNO joins submission to the Katowice Committee of Experts on the Impacts of the Implementation of Response Measures
The Human Impacts of Climate Change programme jointly made a submission to the UNFCCC’s Katowice Committee of Experts on the...
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QUNO Geneva speaks at “Building the Bridge: Virtual Launch Event for UNIDIR’s Arms-Related Risk Analysis Toolkit”
On 5th May 2022, QUNO Geneva’s Representative for Peace and Disarmament, Florence Foster, was an expert speaker at the virtual...
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QUNO joins talk on “How are Quakers supporting climate action at the UN?”
QUNO's Representative for Human Impacts of Climate Change, Lindsey Fielder Cook, gave a presentation on Quaker work at the Intergovernmental...
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QUNO Geneva Human Rights and Refugee Programme at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights and Refugees Programme at QUNO Geneva engaged with the 49th Human Rights Council through oral statements on...
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QUNO welcomes OHCHRs report on achieving and upholding the principles of the UN Charter – HRC49
At the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council, Florence Foster, QUNO’s Representative for Peace and Disarmament delivered a statement...
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QUNO welcomes OHCHRs report on delivery and financing of capacity building, technical assistance and prevention – HRC49
Florence Foster, Representative for Peace and Disarmament, delivered a statement at the 49th Session of the Human Rights Council to...
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Event – ‘Small Arms Exports, Leadership and Accountability: A Human Rights Perspective’ at the CCADD
Florence Foster, Representative for Peace & Disarmament at QUNO Geneva, had the pleasure of speaking to the Council on Christian Approaches...
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QUNO Delivers Statement at an informal discussion with stakeholders engaged in the work of the Informal Dialogue on Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP).
Acknowledging the strong momentum and action around issues of plastics pollution and marine plastics litter, QUNO participated in an informal discussion...
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