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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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QUNO Virtually Co-hosts Discussion on the Role of Young People in Preventing Conflict
On 30 April, QUNO was pleased to co-host “Dialogue and Mutual Understanding: the Role of Young People in Preventing Conflict,”...
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UPDATE: QUNO Geneva Programme Assistant Applications
Application process update The application process is closed. We take this opportunity to thank everyone for their applications and to...
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QUNO and PBSO convene a discussion on the impact of COVID-19 and the Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative
With the international community adjusting to the far-reaching implications of COVID-19, QUNO and the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) convened a...
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Joint NGO submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
In April 2020 the Business, Conflict and Human Rights Network (BCHR Network), Christian Aid Ireland, Control Arms, QUNO and Swedwatch jointly...
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Towards a people-centered and sustainable approach to COVID-19
The UN was born out of the global crisis of the second world war. Now, 75 years later, another crisis...
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QUNO contributions at the 52nd meeting of the IPCC
QUNO, through the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), is the only faith-based observer at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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Enhancing prevention – leveraging the mandate of the Human Rights Council
Building on its long-term work on integrating human rights and sustaining peace, QUNO has been supporting work led by the...
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Human Rights of Migrants at HRC 43
As part of its ongoing work on the human rights of migrants, QUNO delivered an oral statement to the Human...
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QUNO Geneva speaks at the Human Rights Council on Child Rights and Criminal Justice
QUNO Geneva delivered a statement on the importance of ensuring that the rights of children are respected in criminal justice...
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In & Around the UN
Read QUNO New York's newsletter, In & Around the UN, featuring articles on: Bridging the Gap between Peace and Human...
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QUNO delivers statement on children of parents accused or convicted of association with designated terrorist groups
QUNO Geneva delivered a statement at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council this March, as part of a...
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New Briefing Paper: Children of Incarcerated Parents International Standards and Guidance
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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