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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.
One Year Later: The New York Declaration and Leaders’ Summit on Refugees
On 19 and 20 September 2016, UN Member States made important commitments for refugees and migrants. Exactly a year later,...
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Implementing the New Commitments to Peace – Statement by 131 peacebuilding organizations
September 21 marks the International Day of Peace, which was established in 1981 by a unanimous resolution in the UN’s...
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QUNO attends 46th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Under the Friends World Committee for Consultation, QUNO is now an accredited observer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
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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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The global compact for safe orderly and regular migration & the global compact for refugees: Share your experiences
The processes to towards two new international agreements, ‘global compacts’, on refugees and migrants are now well underway and as part...
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Statement at the High Level Political Forum in New York in July 2017
From July 10-19, 2017, the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) took place in New York. The HLPF is the United...
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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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QUNO input to informal Pre-Glion policy dialogue on Human Rights and Prevention at the UN
As part of QUNO's ongoing efforts to link human rights and sustaining peace at the UN level, Diane Hendrick spoke...
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QUNO participation at YMG 2017 in Warwick
QUNO was excited to join Friends at Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) 2017 in Warwick. YMG is a week-long event held every three...
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QUNO NY Director delivers a statement during the UN High-Level event on Human Security and its contribution to the 2030 Agenda
"The human security approach is instrumental to sustainable development, inclusive peace, justice and the well-being and dignity of all people...
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Call for inputs to UN report on human rights of migrants
At the Human Rights Council in June, a resolution was passed mandating a new report by the Office of the High...
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QUNO advocates for inclusive approaches to peacebuilding funding at PBC annual session
QUNO was one of four civil society organizations that participated in the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s (PBC) annual session held on 30...
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New Publication on Reinvigorating the Public Sector: The Case of Food Security, Small-Scale Farmers, Trade and Intellectual Property Rules
In this recently published paper in the Society for International Development (2017), QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Representative Susan H. Bragdon...
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QUNO participates in Dialogue and Exchange Program on the role of youth in prevention
“…children and young women and men are critical agents of change and will find in the new goals a platform...
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Key updates on migration issues
June saw several activities around the UN on the topic of international migration, including at the Human Rights Council’s 35th...
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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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What’s Next In Peacebuilding 2017
QUNO hosted peacebuilders from around the world on 19 and 20 June, at Quaker House, for a two-day gathering titled: 'What's Next in...
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QUNO’s Statement at the UNDP-DPA Joint Programme High-Level Event
On 19 June, the Quaker UN Representative for the Prevention of Violent Conflict Program, Rachel Madenyika, made a statement on...
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