Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
Small-scale farmer innovation systems: A review of the literature
This literature review marks QUNO’s step back from focusing on intellectual property rights (IPR) to ask more broadly: What are...
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Informal Report and Understandings Emerging from the Second Expert Consultation on QUNO’s New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture (NFTIA), 22-23 May 2014
The current multilateral framework governing international agricultural trade was designed a quarter of a century ago, as part of the...
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Trade Liberalization and Food Security: Examining the Linkages
The paper is released as part of our project working towards a New Framework for Trade & Investment in Agriculture,...
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Geneva Reporter
In this issue: A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture Update from the UN Human Rights Council QUNO and...
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‘Stateless State’ and self-organization as a policy resource
Presentation shared during an off the record expert consultation convened by QUNO on a New Framework on Trade and Investment...
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The right to food and its relation to trade and investment rules, written statement to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),...
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Opinions on the multilateral framework for trade and investment in agriculture: Analysis of an online survey
Presentation shared during an off the record expert consultation convened by QUNO on a New Framework on Trade and Investment...
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International Finance and Investment in Agriculture: Trends and Prospects
Presentation shared during an off the record expert consultation convened by QUNO on a New Framework on Trade and Investment...
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Shifts and emerging trends in commodity production and trade flows
Presentation shared during an off the record expert consultation convened by QUNO on a New Framework on Trade and Investment...
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A New Framework for Trade and Investment in Agriculture โ QUNO`s vision
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) is working with others to explore the purpose, structure and direction of the governance...
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Geneva Reporter
Geneva's newsletter from July to October 2013. Features stories: Children of parents sentenced to death or executed New framework for...
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NFTIA Draft Mapping of Alternative Proposals
QUNO believes that by placing people’s livelihoods and dignity alongside sustainability and food security as the central objectives of agriculture trade, it...
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Agricultural Trade and Investment Rules for the 21st Century
The world of agriculture policy has changed fundamentally since the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture was adopted. This is a report...
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Bilateral Agreements and a TRIPS-plus World: The Chile-USA Free Trade Agreement
Focuses on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Chile and the United States of America (U.S.). The paper deals with...
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