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Through formal and informal events and relationship building, the Quaker United Nations Office engages with UN bodies, Member States and other partners. Stay up-to-date with the latest news relating to happenings at the UN and our work on the global stage.
QUNO speaks during the first Intersessional seminar on the contribution of the HRC to the prevention of human rights violations
In April, QUNO's Florence Foster was invited to speak during the first Intersessional seminar on the contribution of the Human Rights...
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Integrating Human Rights, Nonviolent Action & Peacebuilding to Sustain Peace
This panel, organized by โthe United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Berghof Foundation and the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)...
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Nuclear Disarmament or Nuclear Arms Race: The World at Crossroads
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) organised a panel discussion on “Nuclear...
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Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace – The Role of the Universal Periodic Review
On 26 June, QUNO, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Germany and Switzerland, who co-chair the cross-regional Human Rights/Conflict...
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Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace โ The Role of the Universal Periodic Review
On 26 June, QUNO, in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Germany and Switzerland, who co-chair the cross-regional Human Rights/Conflict...
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Promoting Peacebuilding through the Universal Periodic Review
In February, QUNO New York and QUNO Geneva, in collaboration with UPR Info, hosted a series of discussions on the...
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QUNO gives an oral statement on sustaining peace and the UPR at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council
During the panel discussion on Human Rights Mainstreaming at the 3rd Meeting of the 37th Regular Session Human Rights Council in Geneva, Florence...
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QUNO Geneva welcomes a new Peace and Disarmament Representative
After an international selection process, Florence Foster has been appointed Representative, Peace and Disarmament beginning 1 September. Florence obtained her Masters degree in...
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Sustaining Peace: Developing New Insights into Peacebuilding
A successful and ground-breaking two-day symposium took place at Lancaster University Law School in the UK on 5th and 6th July 2017. This was...
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Lunch Event: What’s Next in Peacebuilding and Prevention? New Insights from Global Peacebuilding Leaders
On 19 and 20 June, QUNO was joined by representatives from peacebuilding organizations from around the world for an annual retreat on...
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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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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 โDeveloping New Insights into Peacebuildingโ
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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