QUNO Geneva recently hosted its annual Quaker UN Summer School (QUNSS) from July 1 to 12, 2024, organized around the theme "The Puzzle of International Geneva: Working Together for a Just, Equitable, and Peaceful Future for All." Through this theme, the programme explored how States, UN organizations, international groups, civil society, and grassroots organizations engage with one another and the mechanisms in Geneva. The participants learned where QUNO fits in the puzzle, using our dialogue and a commitment to the long term to advocate for peace, justice, and sustainability.   

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), Geneva, is seeking a well-qualified, highly motivated, part-time Finance Officer to join its small staff team. Under the supervision of the Director, the Finance Officer has primary responsibility for the smooth financial administration of a small non-profit organisation, including ensuring bookkeeping and accounting functions, producing regular management accounts, and supporting the development of budgets for funding applications and financial reporting as required by donors. Full details and instructions on how to apply here.

On June 18, 2024, during his global update to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, highlighted critical issues that resonate deeply with QUNO's mission.

QUNO Geneva has now published 'Climate Change: What We Can Do' (previously known as 'How To Be A Hero For All Our Children') in four languages: Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. 

The guide connects climate science to actions we can take to aid in our collective empowerment to transform the root causes driving planetary crisis.

'What We Can Do' has been updated with the most recent scientific findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (AR6).

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva has now published ‘A Government Official’s Toolkit: Inspiring Urgent, Healthy, Equitable, and Available at Scale Climate Action’ in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish.

This toolkit aims to enhance understanding and communication of climate change and climate science, using the most recent scientific findings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (AR6). This report was compiled over a period of just more than seven years and involved hundreds of scientists worldwide. 

QUNO’s Human Rights and Refugees (HRR) Programme participated in the intersessional panel discussion on avenues to prevent and address human rights violations and abuses against migrants in transit and to ensure access to justice

QUNO NY attended the 2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference (UNCSC) with a focus on peace and connecting with civil society from around the world. Alongside Eunice Ndonga, Migration Director for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Pauline Kamau, Quaker International Affairs Representative for the Africa Region of AFSC, QUNO NY UN Rep Kavita Desai joined the 2024 UNCSC from 9-10 May, at the UN Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in New York seeks a committed and motivated person with considerable knowledge and experience to carry forward QUNO’s efforts to expand support for the UN’s role in building lasting peace. 

This Representative position functions as a senior member of the QUNO team, sharing program responsibilities while taking particular care of QUNO’s Program Assistant program. 

As the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to develop an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution concluded in Ottawa, Canada, it highlighted significant contrasts in the negotiation dynamics. Despite the shared urgency to address global plastic pollution, diverging views on the approach and scope of the treaty underscored the session.

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