In partnership with other Quaker service organizations, QUNO facilitates governmental and grassroots civil society initiatives in preparation for the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
Quaker House is the venue of a series of meetings helping government representatives prepare for the Second Special Session on Disarmament, 1982. A Quaker representative addresses the Special Session.
UN holds its first General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament. QUNO co-chairs the NGO committee and participates with others in giving the first oral statements made by NGOs to the UN.
