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QUNO delivers statement at HRC43 highlighting the environment’s impact on human rights
QUNO delivered an oral statement at the 43rd session of the UN's Human Rights Council (HRC), recognizing the work of the...
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A positive and human space
Finding common ground through quiet diplomacy In the years leading up to 2015’s landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement, QUNO brought delegates and...
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QUNO co-hosts first of a series of discussions on Prevention
In February, QUNO was pleased to co-host the launch of the Civil Society-UN Prevention Platform’s discussion series on prevention. The...
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QUNO co-hosts the third annual civil society briefing with Under-Secretary-General Menéndez
On 4 February, the Civil Society-UN Prevention Platform (the Platform) held its third annual informal, off the record briefing with...
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QUNO and the UN Peacebuilding Support Office host a conversation on the Peacebuilding Fund investment plan
The UN Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), launched in 2006 and managed by the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), is the United...
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QUNO at COP25 in Madrid, Spain
QUNO was present at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP25) in Madrid, Spain from 27 November to 15 December. Our focus was...
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Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty
For over a decade, QUNO has worked to draw attention to the rights of children of incarcerated parents and to...
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QUNO NY Director addresses the annual session of the Peacebuilding Commission
Every year, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) holds an annual session that brings together UN and Member State colleagues to focus...
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2020 Edition of A Government Official’s Toolkit is now available online
A Government Official’s Toolkit: inspiring urgent climate action, with 12 concise cases and 231 quotes referenced to over 100 published...
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Roundtable: Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace
For Geneva Peace Week 2019, QUNO and Interpeace organised a self-reflective roundtable on Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace. The...
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Creating a Future for All: Climate Justice and Peacebuilding
On November 6th, QUNO co-organized an event with the Graduate Institute's Environmental Committee and the Interparliamentary Union for Geneva Peace...
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How the Human Rights pillar is contributing to Arms Control
QUNO recently co-organized a discussion on “How the Human Rights pillar is contributing to Arms Control” as part of the...
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In & Around the UN
Read QUNO New York's newsletter, In & Around the UN, featuring articles on: Opening of the High-Level Political Forum The...
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World Day Against the Death Penalty
10 October marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty which this year focuses children of parents sentenced to death...
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QUNO welcomes the launch of UN Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, which QUNO co-convenes, welcomes the UN Global Study on Children...
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QUNO participates on AFSC-led panel on restricted civic space at annual Peace Con event
Focusing on the theme, “Seizing the Moment for Peace in a Disrupted World,” the annual Alliance for Peacebuilding gathering, Peace...
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IPCC Report on the Ocean and Cryopshere
QUNO, under the Friends World Committee for Consultation, is the only faith-based organization accredited as an observer to the Intergovernmental...
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The Human Rights Council: advancing the rights of children of incarcerated parents
At the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO welcomed several discussions and documents which incorporated a focus on...
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