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QUNO Attends Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution
From 28 November to 2 December 2022, the first session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) on Plastic Pollution was...
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Second Week of COP27 (14-20 November 2022)
The Human Impacts of Climate Change representative, Lindsey Fielder Cook, and HICC programme assistant, Alana Marie Carlson, continued in the...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 3/3) – QUNO moderates High Level Panel on ‘Rights, Inequalities and Peace: navigating tensions, finding opportunities”
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development explicitly combines the promotion of peaceful, just, and inclusive societies in its Goal 16,...
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QUNO New York Staff Visit Cambodia
QUNO New York staff members, Sarah Clarke and Kavita Desai, traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia to join in a workshop...
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QUNO New York Joins Panel on Strengthening the UN
QUNO New York UN Representative Kavita Desai joined a panel on November 3rd hosted by the Baha’i International Community (BIC)...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 2/3) – QUNO continues to spotlight human rights, social and economic justice, and political participation as foundational to sustainable peace
As one of the founding organizations of the Geneva Peace Platform (GPP), QUNO Geneva continues to play a role in...
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Saving Lives and Listening to those Most Affected: Key Actions for the UN Network on Migration
It is five months since States met at the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) to assess implementation of the Global...
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First Week of COP27 (6 – 12 November 2022)
QUNO’s team at the COP27 are the Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change (HICC), Lindsey Fielder Cook, and...
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Geneva Peace Week 2022 (part 1/3) – QUNO Geneva believes ‘Peace is Possible’ at the Opening Ceremony
The Geneva Peace Week 2022 took place from 31st October to 4th November 2022. It is a leading annual forum...
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Financing Climate Solutions via Sovereign Debt Reduction: A webinar raising awareness on a key issue for COP27
On 25 October 2022, QUNO and the Catholic Climate Covenant co-hosted a webinar on sovereign debt reduction. COP27 is promising to...
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QUNO NY Committee Member Spotlight
QUNO is governed by a Committee of Friends appointed by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Friends World Committee...
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QUNO highlights the role of the informal waste sector in African inclusive circular economy transitions
QUNO has partnered with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF South Africa) to demonstrate how the informal waste sector (IWS) can...
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QUNO hosts authors from ‘Light in Gaza: Writings Born in Fire’
On 25 October, QUNO New York hosted Jehad Abusalim and Asmaa Abu Mezeid, two of the authors of the newly...
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Quaker Statement on the Peace Testimony and Ukraine
Quakers are a people who follow after peace, love and unity. Our peace testimony is our witness to the Truth...
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A transformation at Quaker House New York
In New York, autumn has brought cooler temperatures and fall color, and the pace of activity has moved into high...
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QUNO Geneva’s Peace and Disarmament programme engagement at Human Rights Council
At the 51st session of the Human Rights Council – which has come to a close – the Peace and...
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QUNO NY Representative speaks on International Day of Peace panel
On the International Day of Peace, which is held every year on 21 September, QUNO NY Representative, Kavita Desai, joined...
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QUNO delivers intervention at the 57th session of the IPCC
QUNO attended the 57th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which met from 27-30 September, in Geneva. ...
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