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Natural Resources, Conflict and Cooperation

QUNO envisions a world where natural resource management occurs through dialogue, cooperation and the constructive handling of conflicts – facilitated by business operations that are responsible and conflict-sensitive.
September 2013

Water Management and Peacebuilding Seminar at the World Water Week in Stockholm

QUNO held - together with CARE International, Catholic Relief Service, CGIAR Challenge Programme on Water and Food; Howard G. Buffett Foundation; International Institute for Environment and Development and International Union for Conservation of Nature - a seminar on “Water Management and Peacebuilding: Connecting the Local to International Policy” at the Stockholm World Water Week in September. The seminar shared examples of policy and practice that bring water, land and food management together with peacebuilding and rights-based approaches.

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March 2013

QUNO makes statement at the Human Rights Council 22nd session

QUNO made a statement to the Independent Expert on human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment at the Human Rights Council 22nd session. QUNO drew particular attention to the valuable role that peacebuilding approaches can play in fulfilling procedural rights relating to natural resource management .

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September 2012

QUNO holds side event on 'Natural Resources, Conflict and Cooperation' at the Human Rights Council

QUNO held a side event on 'Natural Resources, Conflict and Cooperation' at the Human Rights Council with the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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