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June 2016

In & Around the UN, June 2016

QUNO New York is excited to share our most recent Newsletter, "In & Around the UN," featuring the following articles by our staff:

  • What's Next in Peacebuilding?
  • Letter from the New York Director
  • Pastor Elie's Visit to New York
  • Putting Prevention Back on the UN's Agenda
  • ​Updates from the Geneva Office
  • Closer Cooperation between the UN and Regional and Sub-regional Organizations
  • QUNO-AFSC Bring the Perspectives of Chinese Scholars to the UN
  • Celebrating the Work of Quakers at the UN

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August 2013

QUNO remarks to the Security Council Working Group on Conflict Prevention & Resolution in Africa

Remarks given by QUNO New York to a meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa on the topic of the role of Governance and Institution-Building in Conflict Prevention.

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June 2013

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from June 2013.

Features articles on:

  • Letter from the Director
  • Update from QUNO Geneva
  • Beijing Meeting on UN Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding
  • A Workshop for Incoming Members of the UN Peacebuilding Commission
  • The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Comes to New York
  • Update on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
  • QUNO Annual Review

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September 2012

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from September 2012.

Features articles on:

  • Fast-moving Changes in Myanmar
  • Letter from the Director
  • Update from QUNO Geneva
  • What Will Replace the Millennium Development Goals?
  • West Africa Reconciliation Conference
  • Grassroots Reconciliation in Burundi
  • QUNO-NY Staff Update

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December 2011

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from December 2011.

Features articles on:

  • UN experts from China
  • Letter from the Director
  • Letter from QUNO Geneva
  • Programme Assistant Corner
  • Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding
  • Prevention Seminar with the Security Council
  • Quaker Collaboration on the Horn of Africa

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September 2011

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from September 2011.

Features articles on:

  • From Reaction to Intervention: But What about Prevention?
  • Letter from the Director
  • Letter from QUNO-Geneva
  • Reconciliation and Transitional Justice in Burundi
  • Palestine and Statehood at the UN
  • How to Support QUNO New York 
  • QUNO Staff Update

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June 2011

Joint Statement on Implementing the Responsibility to Protect

A joint statement by QUNO and the Genocide Prevention Program of the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution of George Mason University on the Occasion of the Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Role of Regional and Sub-regional Arrangements in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

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June 2011

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from June 2011.

Features articles on:

  • Building Peace: From China to Africa and Back Again
  • Letter from the Director
  • Peacebuilding at the UN
  • Finding Hope for a Troubled World
  • Preventing Election Violence in Kenya
  • How to Support QUNO New York
  • QUNO Staff Update
  • The Changing Face of Violence

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November 2010

PeaceBuilding From the Ground Up - Preventing and Reducing Armed Violence

PeaceBuilding from the Ground Up - preventing and reducing armed violence, Comunidad Segura Good Practices Magazine, Year II, Number 4.

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June 2010

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from June 2010.

Features articles on:

  • Finding the Heart of Peacebuilding
  • Letter from the Director
  • Haiti: Earthquake Response
  • Learning from Somali Peace Processes
  • China’s Changing Role at the UN
  • Preventing Election Violence in Burundi
  • Healing and Reconciliation in DRC
  • QUNO Staff Changes
  • Nuclear Review Conference

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April 2010

Security, Peacebuilding & Civil Society

Presented by QUNO New York Director Andrew Tomlinson at the EU-ISS seminar entitled “Peacebuilding and the Security-Development Nexus,” with a particular focus on the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture including the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).

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September 2009

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from September 2009.

Features articles on:

  • UN Peacekeeping
  • Peacebuilding and Early Recovery
  • Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
  • GA President to Prioritize Poverty, Human Rights
  • Strengthening UN Efforts in Peacemaking & Preventive Diplomacy
  • Developing Leadership in a Troubled World
  • Letter from the Director

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January 2009

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from January 2009.

Features articles on:

  • Peacebuilding and Early Recovery
  • Letter from the Director
  • Burundi: The Road to Peace
  • Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
  • Interfaith Dialogue with the Iranian President
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • New QUNO Team

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December 2008

The Protection of Geographical Indications and the Doha Round: Strategic and Policy Considerations for Africa

Aims to inform the position of the African Group in the WTO Geographical Indication (GI) negotiations. In particular it aims to generate objective evidence regarding issues such as the availability of legal means to protect GIs in African countries, the costs and benefits of GI protection, African products that could benefit from GI protection, and technical assistance needs relating to GI protection.

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June 2008

In & Around the UN

QUNO New York newsletter from June 2008.

Features articles on:

  • Continuing Challenges in Iraq
  • Postcard from China
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • UN Forum on indigenous issues
  • UN Peacebuilding commission
  • Northern Uganda: Juba peace talks
  • New Director

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