UNHS is pleased to offer for the first time a set of short courses. The inaugural session will be led by Dr. Jehan Al-Azzawi, and takes...

Image Credit: Nukewatch UK On 2 May, I attended a debate at the Scottish Parliament on nuclear convoys in Scotland. While I have attended...

Last week, I attended the first week of the 2018 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee at the United Nations Office in...

Claudia Beamish MSP speaks at UNHS Conference,"Scotland's Path to Climate Justice." Claudia Beamish MSP hailed the impact of the...

Ambitions, rivalry, and conflicts have been part of the Middle East narratives for many decades. Qatar's story, however, is entirely...

On 27 April, 2018, UNHS is hosting ‘Scotland’s Path to Climate Justice’. Bringing together representatives from academia, government,...

President of the United Nations Association (UNA) Connecticut, Dr. Joseph Baxer, inspired everyone when he talked about his experiences...

On 23 March, 2018, UN House Scotland hosted "Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Scotland: Raising Awareness, Strengthening...

Last week, I spent the day rapporteuring for the Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Conference (HTMS). Sponsored by the Scottish...

Last week, I joined Beatrice Fihn, the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and other...

The forthcoming "Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Scotland: Raising Awareness; Strengthening Collaboration; Breaking the Chains"...

UN House Scotland is excited to announce the winners of our 2018 Human Trafficking Scottish Schools Competition. The objective of the...

Panelists (L-R) – Dr. Alasdair McWilliam (UNESCO), Mr. Atishay Mathur (UN House), Dr. Samantha Ross (Link Community Development) The...

With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender parity is over 200 years away - there has...

On International Women's Day, and in support of our See Me, Free Me initiative, UNHS wishes to highlight the plight of women and girls...

The global SDG agenda relies heavily on evidence collection, analysis, and comparison. Whereas, at the national level, for evidence-based...

Leading up to our conference, “Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Scotland” UNHS is focused not only on raising awareness of the...

In order to track the progress made on SDG 7, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in partnership with 20 partner agencies in the energy...

The five UN regional commissions provided an overview of SDG 7 progress on the first day of the Global SDG 7 conference in Bangkok....

First group photo of the Edinburgh Preparative Conference at the Edinburgh City Chambers with the Deputy Lord Provost. From 23-25 January...