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Through formal and informal events and relationship building, the Quaker United Nations Office engages with UN bodies, Member States and other partners. Stay up-to-date with the latest news relating to happenings at the UN and our work on the global stage.
Small-scale Farmer Innovation Systems: Report on the First Expert Consultation 26-27 May 2015 in Geneva
In May 2015, QUNO convened a small expert consultation in Geneva to discuss the emerging concept of small-scale farmer innovation systems. The event brought...
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New Report: Small-scale farmer innovation systems – a review of the literature
Small-scale farmer innovation systems have remained an abstract and elusive concept – this document seeks clarification by presenting a review...
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Policy Brief: Small-scale farmer innovation
This policy brief consolidates lessons learned from two sources: An in-depth literature review on small-scale farmer (SSF) innovation systems, and...
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Project Brief: QUNO interactive policy tool
Within our Trade and Investment in Agriculture work, QUNO has been developing an online tool to help explain the complex relationship between...
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New Report: The relationship between key food security measures and trade rules
The rules governing international trade in agriculture are often vague and ambiguous, requiring significant legal and administrative capacity to uncover...
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QUNO demonstrates policy tool at Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
Over the past year, QUNO has been developing an interactive tool to help shape coherent food security and trade policies. Attending...
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Interview: QUNO and Joseph Rowntree Foundation reflect on COP21
With the dust settling on December's climate negotiations in Paris, QUNO's Lindsey Fielder Cook and Katherine Knox from the Joseph...
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QUNO remarks in Washington on the universal application of the peaceful, just and inclusive societies approach within the SDGs
QUNO New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, was invited to speak at a meeting of the Washington-based Conflict Prevention and Resolution...
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QUNO co-hosted briefing on new UN rules on treatment of prisoners
QUNO Geneva co-hosted a briefing on the new revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (known as...
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QUNO blog post ahead of landmark Security Council meeting on conflict prevention
Ahead of a UN Security Council open debate on Peace, Development, and the Root Causes of Conflict this week, QUNO...
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QUNO contributes chapter to new Elsevier publication on Land Degradation
Working as a consultant for QUNO Geneva, Lynn Finnegan, with assistance from Diane Hendrick, has authored a chapter entitled “All Voices Heard: A...
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Geneva Peace Week
QUNO, as one of the four partners of the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform (together with Interpeace, the Centre for Conflict, Development...
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QUNO highlights conflict sensitivity in business during Geneva Peace Week
QUNO and AFSC, with the support of the Peace Nexus Foundation, organised an event at the Palais des Nations on...
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Bringing constructive examples to the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
QUNO, together with the Centre for Peacebuilding (swisspeace) and the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR), held a side event at...
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QUNO hosts discussion on youth and peacebuilding
QUNO, on behalf of the New York Peacebuilding Group, hosted a meeting with members of the United Network of Young...
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QUNO as panelist at Social Inclusion Public Consultation
QUNO New York Director, Andrew Tomlinson, was invited to speak as a panelist in the public consultation on Social Inclusion...
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QUNO co-hosts event on minority issues and criminal justice
QUNO Geneva co-hosted an expert panel meeting alongside the 8th session of the Forum on Minority Issues, on Wednesday 25 November. ...
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“Making Peace in Their Own Words”: Myanmar’s Peace Process
QUNO hosted a book launch and discussion at Quaker House in New York on "Making Peace in Their Own Words:...
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