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.
Biometric data in the context of children of parents suspected, accused or convicted of association with designated terrorist groups
There is growing international concern regarding the many children associated with designated terrorist organizations, one specific group of whom are...
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Key Human Rights Concerns for Children of Parents Accused or Convicted of Association with Designated Terrorist Groups
For over 15 years, QUNO has worked to draw attention to the impact on children of parental incarceration and clarify...
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‘A lethal disregard’: QUNO’s written statement on the human rights of migrants at the 44th Human Rights Council
QUNO submitted this written statement on the occasion of the annual Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights...
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Working Paper: Exploring barriers to justice and sustainability in economic systems
This analysis is a work in progress that has been prepared as a working document by QUNO’s Sustainable and Just...
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Quaker Conversations: Changing the World from the Top Down
In collaboration with the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), QUNO’s New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, participated in FWCC’s second...
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Building Sustainable Peace: Recommendations for the 2020 Peacebuilding Review
Every five years the UN undertakes a review of the Peacebuilding Architecture to assess the system’s progress and impact for peacebuilding,...
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Building Peace through Reconciliation
Every five years the UN undertakes a review of the Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) to assess the system’s progress towards peacebuilding and sustaining peace...
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Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, produced this Briefing Paper...
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QUNO Directors’ Letter on the Impact of COVID-19
“We hold in the light those made ill by the new virus, their families and friends, and the dedicated people...
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Towards a people-centered and sustainable approach to COVID-19
The UN was born out of the global crisis of the second world war. Now, 75 years later, another crisis faces us....
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Meeting Note: Present Impact of COVID-19 on Peacebuilding and the 2020 GYPI
On 16 April, the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), in partnership with the United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO),...
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In & Around the UN
Read QUNO New York's March 2020 newsletter, In & Around the UN, featuring articles on: Bridging the Gap between Peace...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents – International Standards and Guidelines
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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QUNO Review 2020
Our newest QUNO Review provides a brief introduction to QUNO and our ways of working, as well as an overview of our areas of...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This special issue highlights some of the ways the Quaker commitment...
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QUNO NY Director addresses the annual session of the Peacebuilding Commission
Every year, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) holds an annual session that brings together UN and Member State colleagues to focus on timely...
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A Government Official’s Toolkit – 2020 Edition
A Government Official’s Toolkit: inspiring urgent climate action includes 12 concise cases, 231 quotes referenced to over 100 published papers...
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