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Quaker United Nations Office: Human rights and refugees
19 July 2011

QUNO: Human rights and refugeesWhat is the work about?

The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva focuses on topics of concern to Quakers. It fosters informal, off-the-record discussions between governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and experts on problematic issues.

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Fruits of faithfulness: a long-term view of Quaker work at the United Nations
12 July 2011

QUNO Geneva worked for many years on an international agreement to ban landmines. Photo: ©Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/IRIN

 

QUNO Geneva worked for many years on an international agreement to ban landmines. Photo: ©Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/IRIN

 

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Quakers at the United Nations
8 June 2011

Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) is based in Geneva and New York.

Geneva

There has been a Friends Centre in use by Quakers in Geneva since the 1920s when the the League of Nations headquarters was established in Geneva, Switzerland after the first world war.

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UN human rights body challenges UK government's human rights record
17 May 2011

Rachel Brett, a Representative of the Quaker United Nations Office, explains how the UN Human Rights Committee recently held the UK government to account on its human rights record.

The UK should:

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Crime, community and justice

13 May 2011

Quakers are well known for work in supporting prisoners and in campaigning for reform of our justice system.

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Crime Community and Justice, Quaker United Nations Office

Victory and a second chance for conscientious objection
29 June 2010

Rachel Brett of the Quaker United Nations Office reports on encouraging news for conscientious objectors.

The current South Korean government and the fragile situation in the Korean peninsula means that the latest decision of the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee on conscientious objection (Eu-min Jung et al v. Republic of Korea) is unlikely to be implemented immediately.

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Peace
24 June 2010

We are a peace church with a particular history and authority borne by 350 years of upholding our Peace Testimony.

Training in progressWe take action to oppose war, support peacemakers and challenge the root causes of violence and insecurity. We stand with people who are affected by violence, bear witness to injustice, and work with national governments and international bodies.

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Ecumenical Accompaniers, Peace, Quaker United Nations Office

Journal Letter - Switzerland - November 2008 - Adam
14 May 2010

Adam Drury

Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva

Dear Friends,

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Geneva, Quaker United Nations Office

Journal Letter - Switzerland - November 2008 - Jenny
14 May 2010

Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva

Dear Friends,

Flags in front of the UN building in Geneva
Flags at the UN in Geneva

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Geneva, Quaker United Nations Office

From trade justice to climate justice?
14 May 2010

Caroline Dommen reflects on the WTO’s 2009 Ministerial Conference and explains why economic justice work at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva is changing.

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Better World Economics, Quaker United Nations Office