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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 launches People’s Climate Empowerment Series
QUNO's People's Climate Empowerment Series is a helpful resource for anyone looking to become more engaged with climate action. The series connects people...
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QUNO hosts a discussion on business-related human rights abuses in conflict and post-conflict contexts
On 10th November, and in partnership with the Geneva Human Rights Platform at the Geneva Academy and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, QUNO...
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QUNO NY Delivers Keynote Address at Quaker Model UN Conference
The Quaker Model United Nations Conference, hosted by Moorestown Friends School, has brought together students from seven Quaker Schools from across the world to participate...
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QUNO delivers oral statement to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
QUNO has been working on the human rights of migrants at the international level to promote the protection of human...
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QUNO Contributes to Preparations Ahead of UN Meeting on Impact of COVID-19
In recognition of the multifaceted and universal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s joint (virtual) session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Peacebuilding...
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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 moderates panel for the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the UNFCCC
With the postponement of the 26th Conference of the Parties under the UNFCCC (COP26) to November 2021, many in the...
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QUNO interviewed in UN web series: Building Peace During the Pandemic
In recognition of the impact of COVID-19 on the world and global peace and security, the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding...
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Briefing Paper: Not Forgotten: Human Rights of Migrants at the 45th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) believes in the inherent worth of every individual and is committed to working for...
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Geneva Peace Week Event: Prevention and sustaining peace: human rights in action
QUNO will co-host a side event during Geneva Peace Week on "Prevention and sustaining peace: human rights in action" on Tuesday...
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In & Around the UN
Read QUNO New York’s newsletter, In & Around the UN, featuring articles on: Landmark changes to the UN system Attending...
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In & Around the UN
The six months since our last newsletter have been extraordinary ones as COVID-19 hit New York in force in March....
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Briefing Paper: Using the Regional Migration Reviews to Further Human Rights Protection
This updated paper is intended to help migrants, NGOs and other stakeholders to engage with the Regional Migration Reviews as part of...
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Landmark UN Human Rights Council resolution on the prevention of human rights violations
QUNO was pleased to have actively engaged in the informal negotiations of a landmark new UN Human Rights Council resolution...
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The impact of arms transfers on human rights
QUNO was pleased to welcome the High Commissioner’s report on the impact of arms transfers on human rights (A/HRC/44/29, 19...
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QUNO delivers oral statement on the human rights of migrants
QUNO works on the human rights of migrants at the international level to promote the protection of human rights of...
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UN releases system-wide Community Engagement Guidelines
As the Secretary-General boldly states in his 2020 report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, “civil society engagement and participation is...
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The Principle 10 Negotiations resulted in the adoption of a legally binding agreement
Representatives of 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries who were gathered in San Jose, Costa Rica adopted the first binding...
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