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.
Threats to United States Support for the United Nations: An Overview
The international community of Friends set up the Quaker UN offices 70 years ago to support the United Nations (UN)...
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Briefing for Friends: Human Rights of Migrants under the New York Declaration
The New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants was adopted by States in September 2016 and initiated a two-year process...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter features: a brief overview on our recent work on sustaining peace and food security, a...
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Joint Key Messages for a Human Rights Based Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration must be grounded in international human rights law. This is the...
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2018-19 PA Job Description
Programme Assistant Job Description for the 2018-19 year, New York.
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A Negotiator’s Toolkit
This booklet was created to support climate negotiators in their work to engage busy Ministries with reasons for urgent, rights-based...
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Friend’s Briefing on Migration Addendum: Share your experiences
The processes to towards two new international agreements, ‘global compacts’, on refugees and migrants are now well underway and as part...
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Quaker Statement on Climate Change
A "Quaker Statement on Climate Change" has been signed by a large number of Quaker organizations, having been distributed to all Yearly...
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Update: What climate science tell us: a brief summary of the latest climate science ahead of COP 21 in Paris
QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change programme briefly summarizes the latest climate science ahead of the COP 21 climate change negotiations taking place in...
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International Day of Peace Statement
September 21 marks the International Day of Peace, which was established in 1981 by a unanimous resolution in the UN’s...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's July 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is now available online. The latest issue features: an update from our Human...
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QUNO Director delivers a statement during the UN High-Level event on Human Security and its contribution to the Agenda 2030
"The human security approach is instrumental to sustainable development, inclusive peace, justice and the well-being and dignity of all people...
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Reinvigorating the Public Sector: The Case of Food Security, Small-Scale Farmers, Trade and Intellectual Property Rules
In this recently published paper in the Society for International Development (2017), QUNO’s Food & Sustainability Representative Susan H. Bragdon...
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Statement at the UNDP-DPA Joint Programme High-Level Event
On 19 June, the Quaker UN Representative for the Prevention of Violent Conflict Program, Rachel Madenyika, made a statement on...
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Towards a Human Rights Based Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Paper #3: Implementation, Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms
This paper presents examples of implementation, monitoring and accountability mechanisms under six multilateral agreements that we believe can be learnt...
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In & Around the UN
Our New York office is happy to share our most recent Newsletter, "In & Around the UN," featuring articles on...
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