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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 attends Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions at the WTO
QUNO’s Sustainable and Just Economic Systems programme has been closely involved in discussions on trade and environment between members at...
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QUNO attends Virtual 53rd Session of the IPCC
QUNO, representing the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), is the only faith-based observer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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QUNO co-edits book: “New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention”
The recently published book, “New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention,” co-edited by QUNO’s UN Representative, Rachel Madenyika, shares the...
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QUNO NY Programme Assistants Present at Friends Biannual Meeting
QUNO NY Programme Assistants (PAs), Molly Burger and Hannah Patterson, presented about QUNO to Quakers at the Friends World Committee...
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Statement on hate speech and minorities at the Human Rights Council
In line with our continued efforts to strengthen the human rights of migrants, QUNO delivered an oral statement at the...
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Statement on racial discrimination and migration governance at the Human Rights Council
As part of our recent efforts to raise the issue of racial injustice in migration governance, QUNO had the opportunity...
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The Right to a Healthy Environment at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council
Efforts to establish a universal human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment continue at the Human Rights Council. On 10th...
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Statement on protecting human rights and the natural world presented at 46th Session of the Human Rights Council
At the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change programme submitted a statement welcoming...
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The 2021 QUNO Review is now available online
Our new, March 2021 edition of the QUNO Review is now available online. The annual review provides a brief introduction to QUNO and our way...
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Kyoto Pledge on Child Rights and Criminal Justice
Together with partner organisations who champion the child rights in criminal justice systems we are calling on all actors to...
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Sustaining Peace: A report on how human rights can help
As part of long-term work on integrating human rights and sustaining peace, QUNO has written a public report entitled ‘Sustaining...
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Addressing inequalities central to the path to recovery and reform after Covid-19
QUNO welcomes the UN High Commissioner’s report on Covid-19 and human rights and its emphasis on structural inequality and discrimination....
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights treaties and...
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QUNO Participates in the Global Launch of the UN Community Engagement Guidelines
The Global Launch of the UN System-wide Community Engagement Guidelines (UNCEG) was an opportunity to present key recommendations from this...
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QUNO, WRI and IFOR’s webinar series on conscientious objection to military service
QUNO, War Resisters International (WRI) and International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) are pleased to present the details of our next webinar...
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QUNO participates in the Youth Forum on Migration
QUNO has been working on the human rights of migrants at the international level to promote the protection of human...
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QUNO Co-hosts Discussion between UN Peace and Development Advisors and Civil Society
As part of its ongoing work with Peace and Development Advisors (PDAs) through the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform,...
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Quaker Statement on Migration
Working together American Friends Service Committee, Britain Yearly Meeting, Friends Committee for National Legislation, Quaker Council for European Affairs and...
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