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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 goes to Washington: Alliance for Peacebuilding Conference Meetings
QUNO New York Director Andrew Tomlinson participated in the Alliance for Peacebuilding 2015 Annual Conference, Peacebuilding and Democracy in a Turbulent...
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QUNO presents at WIPO seminar on Intellectual Property Rights, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
The issue of genetic resources or traditional knowledge that are shared among different countries was discussed at a World Intellectual...
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QUNO co-hosts panel event on promoting conflict sensitive business practice
QUNO and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform and hosted "Promoting conflict sensitive business practice – Reflections on experience," a lunch-time panel discussion on civil society efforts...
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QUNO co-hosts “Moving away from the Death Penalty” side event at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO will co-host the side event "Moving away from the Death Penalty: Protection of the rights of persons facing death penalty...
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QUNO launches new report with GPPAC on civil society inclusion in UN peacebuilding
QUNO hosted a series of discussions at Quaker House in New York to launch a new report by QUNO and...
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Funding for Peace: Lessons Learned
The Quaker United Nations Office and the NYU Center on International Cooperation (CIC) hosted an informal discussion at Quaker House...
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UNRWA at 65: Overcoming Hardship and Sustaining Hope
Following a High Level UN Conference to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine...
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Launch of GPP White Paper in New York March 2015
QUNO’s Diane Hendrick was one of the presenters, together with Achim Wennman, of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform’s (GPP) White Paper...
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Negotiations on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration
QUNO Geneva have produced a new publication that focuses on the potential of environmental rights agreements to prevent destructive conflict...
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QUNO supports peace and reconciliation in Burundi
QUNO New York, along with nine other Quaker organisations, have jointly issued a statement on Burundi entitled "Standing for Peace...
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QUNO co-hosts side event at the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna
QUNO, together with Friends World Committee for Consultation and Penal Reform International, hosted a side event at the UN Commission on Crime...
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“Tilting the UN Toward Peace & Justice” – Northern Spirit Radio Interview
In February, QUNO New York Director and UN Representative, Andrew Tomlinson, was interviewed by the Northern Spirit Radio, to talk...
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Facing the Limits of Reconciliation
QUNO New York director Andrew Tomlinson was interviewed by the Western Friend, the official publication of Quakers in Pacific, North Pacific,...
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UNITAR Seminar: “The Nexus of Reconciliation and Peacebuilding”
In May, QUNO New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, spoke during a UNITAR Seminar for mid-level UN Diplomats, on the subject of "The...
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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 speaks on peace education and trauma healing at Commemoration event on the Genocide in Rwanda
On 8 April QUNO was invited to be part of a commemoration event organised by the Permanent Mission of the...
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Peace and Post-2015: Into the Home Stretch
As the post-2015 inter-governmental negotiations continue to move towards finalising a new development agenda, we are pleased to bring you...
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Engagement with the New York University Center for Global Affairs on the new Sustainable Development Goals
As part of a workshop organised by the New York University Center for Global Affairs on the new Sustainable Development...
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