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.
Enhancing Meaningful Participation of Migrants, Migrant Organizations and Organized Migrant Groups in Regional Migration Review Processes
This paper serves as a call to action for all stakeholders involved in the GCM Regional Reviews, urging them to...
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New Report: Strategies for Asian countries to end plastic pollution
Against the backdrop of Asia’s struggle with burgeoning plastic waste, the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has published a new...
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Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace: Exploring Special Procedures
The report 'Integrating Human Rights and Sustaining Peace: Exploring Special Procedures' is based on a joint project undertaken by the...
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QUNO’s Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
QUNO, on behalf of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), offered this submission in response to a call for input...
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QUNO’s INC-3 Joint Submission with IUCN on Plastic Subsidies
At its second session, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee requested the Secretariat to invite written submissions on (a) Elements not discussed...
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QUNO’s Submissions to the Global Stocktake (GST)
As the United Nations-led Global Stocktake is being finalised, the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has offered two submissions to...
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QUNO’s INC-3 Submission on Reuse, Refill, and the Midstream Segment of Plastic Lifecycle
At its second session, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee requested the Secretariat to invite written submissions on (a) Elements not discussed...
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QUNO NY hosted a briefing to discuss the integration of human rights approaches in conflict prevention
On June 30th, QUNO NY as co-facilitator of the Civil-Society UN Platform on Prevention, hosted a civil society briefing on...
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Pathways For Peace – More Effective International Architecture for Prevention Summary Note
QUNO NY co-hosted an event alongside the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict and the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation to...
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Spotlight on SDG16 and Providing Access to Justice for All Summary Note
On June 7, QUNO NY held a discussion on Sustainable Development Goal 16 titled “Spotlight on SDG 16: Providing Access...
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New Climate Publication – A Government Official’s Toolkit
QUNO has just published the most recent version of A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Real, and Equitable climate action....
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QUNO’s Contribution to Zero Draft for MC13 Outcome – Dialogue on Plastic Pollution
The SJES team was approached by the DPP (Dialogue on Plastic Pollution) Secretariat for feedback on their Zero Draft in...
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Audience reflections from “Truthful engagement in real, effective and ethical climate action for an ambitious Global Stocktake” side event at SB58
QUNO’s team at the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations (SB58) in Bonn (June 5 –...
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Joint call for the UN Human Rights Council to respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders
As part of our work to end lethal disregard for people on the move, the Human Rights and Refugees Programme...
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Fair Sources of Finance for a New Loss and Damage Funding Arrangement
Last November, States that took part in COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh agreed to pass a new funding arrangement for responding...
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QUNO NY delivers intervention at UN meeting on SDG 16
QUNO New York Representative, Kavita Desai, delivered a statement before the UN’s Economic and Social Council during the special meeting,...
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Rethinking Plastic Pollution Solutions: QUNO’s Insights on Policy Interventions and Reuse Systems at WTO Dialogue
On 16 February 2023, Mr. Andres Naranjo, the Programme Associate for QUNO's Sustainable and Just Economic Systems (SJES), presented at...
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QUNO Review 2023
2023 is an opportunity for us to celebrate 75 years of Quaker peace and justice work at the UN. Read...
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