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Emerging Issues in Peacebuilding & Prevention Reception

March 12, 2015
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

March 11, 2015
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

March 10, 2015
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

March 10, 2015
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

March 10, 2015
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

March 3, 2015
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

March 1, 2015
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?

January 22, 2015
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

January 20, 2015
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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QUNO launches FCNL Report on Natural Resources in the Central African Republic

December 11, 2014
In early December, QUNO hosted the Friends Committee on National Legislation launch of a policy brief titled: "Central African Republic Crisis:...
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Freedom from Violence: Peace, Security and Conflict Prevention in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

December 10, 2014
On 19 November QUNO Director Andrew Tomlinson spoke as part of an expert panel as part of a four-day seminar on “Freedom from...
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QUNO chairs event on drones, protection and transparency

December 9, 2014
In November, QUNO chaired an event of the Geneva Forum entitled New Warfare Challenges: Drone Operations and Protection of Civilians....
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QUNO co-hosted a side event on human rights and climate change in Lima

December 8, 2014
QUNO, together with the World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace, co-hosted a side event on the human rights impacts of...
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French, Chinese and Spanish translations of our Trade Liberalization and Food Security booklet are now available!

December 8, 2014
French, Chinese and Spanish language translations of Trade Liberalization & Food Security: Examining the Linkages by Jennifer Clapp are now available. The...
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QUNO hosts side event on trade and food security at the Committee on World Food Security

November 10, 2014
QUNO hosted a side event entitled “Harnessing Trade for Food Security” at the 41st meeting of Committee on Food Security....
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QUNO and the South Centre host discussion on trade liberalization and food security

October 10, 2014
QUNO and the South Centre, a Geneva based intergovernmental organization of developing countries, hosted a seminar with State delegates where...
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QUNO hosts WTO working session on agricultural trade and food security

October 10, 2014
QUNO organized a working session at the WTO Public Forum, to address the forum theme of “Why Trade Matters to...
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QUNO and FCNL co-host lunch in New York bringing together climate scientists and faith community representatives

September 25, 2014
On 22 September, QUNO and the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) co-hosted a lunch with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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