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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 co-hosts a High Level Side Event in the opening week of the 68th General Assembly on Stability and Peace
QUNO and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding hosted a High Level Side Event on “Stability & Peace: Finding the...
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QUNO spoke to the fundamental impact of violence on development at a live-streamed World We Want event in New York.
"Peace, Poverty and the Post-2015 Development Agenda”: QUNO was a featured speaker in the World We Want “People’s Voices” Series event, held...
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In & Around the UN
The New York office is pleased to share our most recent Newsletter, featuring articles on the crisis in Syria, sustainable...
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A Conscientious Objector’s Guide to the International Human Rights System
QUNO launched a user-friendly Conscientious Objector's Guide to the International Human Rights System. Together with the Centre for Civil and Political...
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Water Management and Peacebuilding Seminar at the World Water Week in Stockholm
QUNO held – together with CARE International, Catholic Relief Service, CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food; Howard G. Buffett...
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Post-2015 Peace & Stability
QUNO recently contributed to an article in ‘Global Policy’ on the centrality of Peace & Stability to Sustainable Development and...
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Beijing Seminar on Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, and Peacemaking
In coordination with the American Friends Service Committee and the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum of the Social Science Research...
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Building Just Societies
QUNO participated in an international workshop on the topic of Building Just Societies: Reconciliation in Transitional Settings held in Accra,...
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Chinese Scholars Visit New York
QUNO and the American Friends Service Committee hosted a visit by four leading UN scholars from China to the UN...
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Workshop for New Members of the PBC
QUNO New York and the International Peace Institute co-organized a workshop for new and incoming members of the UN Peacebuilding...
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Strengthening local perspectives in peacebuilding
Diane Hendrick from QUNO Geneva and Camilla Campisi from QUNO New York participated in a meeting in Uppsala, Sweden entitled...
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QUNO One of World’s 100 Most Influential Actors in Armed Violence Reduction
In the category of NGO and not-for-profit leaders, QUNO Directors Andrew Tomlinson and Jonathan Woolley have been named by Action...
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QUNO briefs the OECD–based International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF)
QUNO New York spoke to the OECD–based International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF) on peace issues in the post-2015...
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QUNO briefs Security Council Working Group on Conflict Prevention & Resolution in Africa
QUNO was invited to brief the Security Council Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa on the topic...
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Rights of the Child’s Day of General Discussion
QUNO was instrumental in the 2011 Day of General Discussion of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s...
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Rights of the Child Resolution Includes Section on Incarcerated Parents
For the first time, a section on children of incarcerated parents was included in a Human Rights Council resolution on...
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Inclusion of Burundi Civil Society in Peacebuilding Processes
Throughout 2010 and 2011, QUNO conducted quiet diplomacy with the UN and in Burundi in order to support civil society...
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Worldwide Civil Society “Best Practice” Seminars
QUNO co-organised platforms for civil society leaders and practitioners to present their work and interact with professionals from governments and...
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