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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.
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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QUNO hosts event on children of incarcerated parents at the 13th UN Congress of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
QUNO's Laurel Townhead and Rachel Brett presented the findings of the COPING project, a transnational research project looking at the impact of...
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Palestinian Youth Organizers: Breaking Barriers – Building Movements
QUNO, in collaboration with the American Friends Service Committee, facilitated an Israel-Palestine NGO Working Group event “Palestinian Youth Organizers: Breaking Barriers...
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Bringing the Voices of Local Peacebuilders to the UN
The New York Peacebuilding Group, a gathering of organisations (the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed...
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Emerging Issues in Peacebuilding & Prevention Reception
The Quaker United Nations Office in New York, in association with Ambassador Sofia Borges, Timor Leste, and Ambassador Vandi Minah,...
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QUNO co-hosts side event on children of incarcerated parents at the Human Rights Council
QUNO, along with the Permanent Delegation of the African Union to the UN in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of Uruguay...
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QUNO particpates in a side event on strengthening death penalty standards at the Human Rights Council
On Monday, 9 March, QUNO participated in a side event on strengthening death penalty standards, organized by Penal Reform International and the Permanent...
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Launch of the White Paper on Peacebuilding
On the 27th of February 2015, QUNO, alongside its partners at the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, launched the White Paper on Peacebuilding....
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QUNO particpates in Fifth Meeting of the Aarhus Task Force on Public Participation in Decision Making on Environmental Matters
QUNO participated in the fifth meeting of the Aarhus Convention Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-Making on Environmental Matters...
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The 2019 QUNO Review is now available online
Our new, March 2019 edition of the QUNO Review is now available for download. The annual report provides a brief introduction to QUNO and our way...
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QUNO co-hosts Climate Change side event at the Human Rights Council
The Geneva Climate Change Concertation Group (GeCCco), the Geneva Interfaith Forum on Climate Change and Human Rights (GIF), QUNO and other...
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Peace and Post-2015: What’s Next?
In January QUNO hosted an informal civil society strategy session on Goal 16 and the role of related peace issues...
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QUNO & FAO launch an online consultation on food security measures and trade
QUNO launched and moderated an online consultation on food security measures and trade, in conjunction with the FAO Global Forum on...
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