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QUNO hosts Geneva Peace Week event on the private sector’s role in sustaining peace
During Geneva Peace Week in November, the Sustainable & Just Economic Systems programme organized a side event on this topic and...
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QUNO Geneva welcomes Joachim Monkelbaan
QUNO is pleased to welcome Joachim Monkelbaan to our Geneva office, as Representative for our new Sustainable and Just Economic Systems...
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Connecting Civil Society Organizations and UN Peace and Development Advisors
As co-facilitator of the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform, QUNO co-hosted a meeting entitled ‘Responding to Socio-economic and Humanitarian...
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Advancing Prevention in the Era of Climate Change
As the sixth and final event in the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform’s 2020 discussion series, QUNO co-hosted a...
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QUNO convenes joint NGO key messages on COVID-19 and Business and Human Rights in Conflict-Affected Contexts
In July 2020, QUNO along with Brot für die Welt, Christian Aid Ireland, Swedwatch and the Women’s International League for...
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QUNO Joint Statement on Children of Prisoners, Role of Civil Society in protecting their rights
During the 44th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, QUNO delivered a joint oral statement with partner Child Rights Connect,...
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Designing Effective Context-specific Upstream Prevention Programs
QUNO recently co-hosted an event titled, ‘Designing Effective Upstream Prevention Programs: Ensuring Prevention is Context-specific and Anchored in Evidence,’ the fifth discussion in...
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Quaker Conversations: Changing the World from the Top Down
QUNO was invited to lead the second session in the Friends World Committee for Consultation’s (FWCC) Quaker Conversations, FWCC’s monthly webinar series with Friends around the...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents and Violence Against Children: QUNO delivers oral statement to 44th Human Rights Council
During the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO delivered an oral statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the...
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Strengthening Prevention Tools: Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Mediation
As the fourth meeting in the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform’s 2020 discussion series on prevention, QUNO co-hosted a discussion, Strengthening Prevention Tools: Inclusive Approaches to Supporting Mediation. The...
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QUNO submits recommendations on reconciliation for UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review
2020 marks a milestone year for the United Nations (UN) as it approaches the fifteenth anniversary of the creation of the Peacebuilding Architecture. Comprised...
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“No-one will be safe until everyone is safe.” QUNO welcomes Secretary General Guterres’ new Policy Brief.
QUNO welcomes the launch of a Policy Brief from UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, focussing on the situation of people on...
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QUNO and GPPAC submit recommendations for the UN Peacebuilding Architecture Review
2020 marks fifteen years since the creation of the Peacebuilding Architecture at the United Nations (UN), which includes the Peacebuilding Commission...
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QUNO speaks at the resumed 43rd session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO was pleased to deliver a statement at the resumed 43rd session of the Human Rights Council on 15 June in...
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QUNO Co-hosts Session on Inclusion at the 2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development
On 22 May, QUNO was very pleased to partner with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs in co-hosting a virtual session on “Inclusion: What Have We Learned?” during the 2020 Stockholm Forum on...
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Transformative Gender Approaches to Conflict Prevention During COVID-19
On 20 May, QUNO co-hosted “Prevention and Implications of COVID-19: Learning from Transformative Gender Approaches,” an online discussion that brought together over 40 UN, civil society, and Member...
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Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, is pleased to share...
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QUNO Directors’ Letter on the Impact of COVID-19
Dear Friends, The spread of COVID-19 has changed our world. We hold in the light those made ill by the...
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