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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.
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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Transformation for Racial Justice: Nothing can be changed until it is faced
On 3 October, QUNO Geneva engaged with the work of the Human Rights Council on systemic racism. Speaking in the...
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QUNO NY Staff Comings & Goings
The support and contributions of Programme Assistants (PAs) are critical to QUNO NY’s United Nations efforts. Our colleagues come to...
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Building Toward Migration Justice with all the Tools in the Toolbox: Complementarity Between the Global Compact for Migration and the Convention on Migrant Workers
On 27 September, speaking at the Committee on Migrant Workers Day of General Discussion on the convergence between the Global Compact...
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World leaders gather for opening of 77th session of UN General Assembly
Every year world leaders gather at UN headquarters in New York for the opening of the General Assembly (UNGA), with...
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QUNO NY’s Director delivers Pendle Hill lecture on lessons from Bayard Rustin
On 12 September, QUNO New York Director, Sarah Clarke, delivered the Steven G. Carey Memorial lecture at the Quaker center,...
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QUNO NY calls for more effective youth inclusion in the General Assembly
On 30 August, UN Member States and civil society representatives came together to discuss and identify ways to strengthen youth...
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Brief analysis of the International Migration Review Forum Progress Declaration
The International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) Progress Declaration was adopted by consensus on 20 May 2022. It was then endorsed...
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QUNO Geneva Human Rights and Refugee Programme at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council
The Human Rights and Refugees Programme (HRR) at QUNO Geneva engaged with the 50th Human Rights Council, including through three...
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QUNO Hosts First Consultive Youth Listening Exercise
Meaningful political inclusion and participation of young people is key for building lasting peace and sustainable development. Under its “Youth,...
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