Areas of work: Peace & Disarmament
Strengthening the link between Human Rights and Peacebuilding Through the UPR
Since the beginning of 2017, in close collaboration with the Human Rights and Refugees programme and our colleagues at QUNO...
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Linking Peacebuilding and Human Rights: QUNO Delivers Oral Statement at the High-Level Mainstreaming Panel
For the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO was welcomed the focus of the High-Level Mainstreaming Panel on...
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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 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 statements to the 34th session of the UN HRC
QUNO's Human Rights & Refugees, Food & Sustainability, and Peace & Disarmament programmes each submitted written statements to the 34th...
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A briefing for diplomats on Human Rights and Peacebuilding
The Geneva Peacebuilding Platform held a briefing for diplomats on Human Rights and Peacebuilding on 15th February, which QUNO organised,...
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New Collaborative Project ‘Developing New Insights into Peacebuilding’
QUNO will be undertaking a project collaboration with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and Lancaster University Law School. The project titled ‘Economic, Social...
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Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (GPP) and QUNO highlight natural resources and conflict sensitive business approaches
This event on “Enhancing the Potential of Business for Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace” provided an opportunity to publicly share...
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QUNO co-hosted event to discuss inequality as a danger to sustainable peace
On the 11th November QUNO co-organised an event with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). This event was part...
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QUNO moderates for the FAO Event on Peace and Food Security
During Geneva Peace Week, QUNO representative Diane Hendrick moderated an event for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on “Contributions...
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An Insight on Geneva Peace Week 2016
Geneva Peace Week, which was held from the 7th to the 11th November, is a collective initiative facilitated by the...
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In & Around the UN
Our New York office's quarterly Newsletter, featuring articles on the new UN Secretary General, integrating human rights and sustaining peace,...
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Peacebuilding Statement for International Day of Peace
In honour of the International Day of Peace, QUNO and peacebuilding organisations from around the world have issued a shared...
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VIDEO: Diane Hendrick talks about our Peace & Disarmament programme
In this video, excerpted from a longer film shown at the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary Meeting...
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QUNO supports civil society action on peace issues in the 2030 Agenda
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by Member States in September 2015, is well on its way....
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Inclusivity and the Implementation of Sustaining Peace
This document includes a summary and recommendations from an informal discussion organized by the New York Peacebuilding Group between member...
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