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SIDA (Scotland's International Development Alliance) Annual Conference 2024

UN House Scotland

Sep 5
2 min

SIDA (Scotland's International Development Alliance) Annual Conference 2024

By Magnus Storvik and Nina Munson SIDA (Scotland's International Development Alliance) Annual Conference 2024: Collaborating for Future...

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Leading the Way: How Scotland is Championing the Rights of Children and Young People in the United Kingdom

UN House Scotland

Aug 16
5 min

Leading the Way: How Scotland is Championing the Rights of Children and Young People in the United Kingdom

By Ewan Brown On Tuesday 16th of July 2024, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act...

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Beyond COP: Conversations with Youth Report

UN House Scotland

Jul 17
1 min

Beyond COP: Conversations with Youth Report

On Tuesday 27th February the UNA Scotland Beyond COP team hosted their third COP event, titled ‘Beyond COP: Conversations with Youth’....

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UN House Scotland

May 15
5 min

Vienna, a feminist urbanism pioneer

By Justine Vonpierre Gender planning, gender-sensitive cities, inclusive cities… these concepts are rightly all the rage in European...

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UN House Scotland

May 2
1 min

The Gaza Strip Famine

A blog post by Diana Barbacioru.

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UN House Scotland

Apr 27
1 min

A History Of UN House Scotland: Official Booklet in Norwegian

Last year, UN House Scotland published an official history booklet which detailed how civil society organisations can engage with the...

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UN House Scotland

Apr 21
3 min

SIDA Spring Conference 2024

By Elena Kerr Scotland’s International Development Alliance held an insightful, engaging, and inspiring spring conference on the 16th of...

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UNHS Cities Event Series (2024) - “Urban Crossroads: where policy meets community”

UN House Scotland

Apr 5
2 min

UNHS Cities Event Series (2024) - “Urban Crossroads: where policy meets community”

In the early 20th century, Scottish biologist Patrick Geddes played a leading role in establishing urban planning as a social science. In...

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UN House Scotland

Mar 11
1 min

Forced Climate Migration POP

The UNA St Andrews team have published their next Parliamentary One Pager on forced climate migration.

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UN House Scotland

Mar 9
3 min

Political Literacy - 'Now or Never'

By Jerome Bailey One of the signs of a progressive and healthy society is an educated citizenry who know their rights and their...

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UN House Scotland

Mar 8
1 min

Happy International Women's Day!

Happy International Women’s Day to you all. At UNHS we share celebration today, International Women's Day, with many organisations and...

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UN House Scotland

Feb 25
2 min

Gaza, MSF speaks to the UN Security Council: “An immediate and lasting ceasefire is needed”

Article reposted from Pressenza: https://www.pressenza.com/2024/02/gaza-msf-speaks-to-the-un-security-council-an-immediate-and-lasting-ce...

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Scottish Languages Parliamentary One Pager

UN House Scotland

Feb 21
1 min

Scottish Languages Parliamentary One Pager

By the POP Team at UNA St Andrews With regard to the International Day of Mother Languages, we at United Nations House Scotland and...

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UN House Scotland

Feb 2
0 min

UNHS Working Paper Series: Volume Four

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UN House Scotland

Jan 25
8 min

Nuclear deterrence is the existential threat, not the nuclear ban treaty (original article in the Bulletin)

Written and Published in the Bulletin Link to the original article: https://thebulletin.org/2024/01/nuclear-deterrence-is-the-existential...

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UN House Scotland

Jan 18
3 min

TPNW, a response to the oblivion and impunity of Palomares

By MARIBEL HERNÁNDEZ Alianza por el Desarme Nuclear – Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament Published 17th January 2024 58 years ago today was...

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A YEAR IN THE DIARY OF A FEMINIST CITY: HOW GOOD DESIGN WITH AND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS BENEFITS ALL

UN House Scotland

Dec 19, 2023
4 min

A YEAR IN THE DIARY OF A FEMINIST CITY: HOW GOOD DESIGN WITH AND FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS BENEFITS ALL

By May East Head of Planning Sarah Shaw shows how the city centre is becoming a people-centred, socially inclusive and climate resilient...

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STREETS CAN CHANGE, EVOLVE AND SELF-ORGANISE – THE UNFOLDING VISION OF GEORGE STREET AS A FRESH AIR ROUTE

UN House Scotland

Dec 19, 2023
3 min

STREETS CAN CHANGE, EVOLVE AND SELF-ORGANISE – THE UNFOLDING VISION OF GEORGE STREET AS A FRESH AIR ROUTE

By May East People-centred architect and urban designer Daisy Narayanan and team are leading the transition to George Street Edinburgh...

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UN House Scotland

Dec 19, 2023
4 min

Political Literacy evidence gathering – Education Scotland, Glasgow office 15/12/23

Political Literacy evidence gathering – Education Scotland, Glasgow office 15/12/23 Jerry Bailey On Friday 15 December a group of primary...

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UN House Scotland

Dec 6, 2023
3 min

UN House Scotland visit to Cabinet Office, Glasgow

Monday 4 December 2023 Report by Jerome Bailey Meet and Greet On Monday, UNHS representatives were invited to a dialogue with the UK...

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