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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.
Quakers involvement in the UN Human Rights Prize 2023
Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 and awarded every five years since, the UN Prize in the...
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Quaker work at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Away from the buzz of the UN, young Indigenous people gathered at Quaker House under the shade of the gingko...
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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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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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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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Human Rights Council 48th Session Starts Online with High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Highlighting Environmental Crises, Migration and Displacement
QUNO Geneva is (virtually) attending the 48th session of the Human Rights Council with particular attention to the human rights...
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QUNO makes an intervention at the June Climate Change Conference
QUNO joined observers at the June Climate Change Conference sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC, held this year...
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Geneva Peace Week 2020
QUNO is proud to be one of the institutional partners behind the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, the organisation that runs Geneva...
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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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QUNO at the COP 24 in Katowice, Poland
QUNO was present for the entire COP 24, in Katowice Poland. The following article helps outline briefly the COP24 outcome....
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QUNO Attends 33rd IGC on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at WIPO
In February 2017, QUNO attended the opening of the 33rd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources,...
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QUNO Attends 32nd IGC on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore at WIPO
On November 28, 2016, QUNO attended the opening day of the 32nd session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property...
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QUNO hosts CFSC for the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
For the last two weeks of April, QUNO hosted partners from the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC) in New York...
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QUNO co-hosted a side event on human rights and climate change in Lima
QUNO, together with the World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace, co-hosted a side event on the human rights impacts of...
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Open Letter regarding the Outcome Document of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
QUNO partners, Amnesty International and the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), have written an open letter regarding the Outcome Document...
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