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What You Should Know: SDG5
In February 2017, the Spanish company Memondo Network’s information and entertainment portal, 'Cribeo’, made a video about the current...
UN House Scotland
May 11, 20172 min read
Leading up to Yemen: The Forgotten People
This post is part of the Pathways to Peace Seminar Series. Registration for Yemen: The Forgotten People is now open. ‘Yemenis are not...
Isabella Krabbe
May 11, 20173 min read
What You Should Know: SDG 8
There are nearly 2,2 billion people that live below the global poverty line ($2 USD). 470 million jobs are needed globally for new...
Jenny Kristine Steffensen
Apr 19, 20173 min read
Defusing Future Crises: Russia and the West
A new report from the European Leadership Network (ELN) has identified at least five potential near-term crisis between Russia and the...
UNH Scotland
Mar 31, 20171 min read
'Syria': A Pathways To Peace Seminar
On 16 September, 2016, SCISA and UN House Scotland Hosted a seminar dedicated to understanding the necessary components to a peaceful...
UNH Scotland
Mar 22, 20171 min read
Microbeads: What Are They and Why Are They Dangerous?
There are 51 trillion microplastic particles currently polluting the world’s waters. We add to those at the rate of eight million tons...
Katie Armour
Mar 22, 20172 min read
Humanitarian and Environmental Costs and Responsibilities of Nuclear Weapons
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Humanitarian and Environmental Impacts and Responsibilities of Hosting Nuclear Weapons...
UN House Scotland
Mar 18, 20172 min read
Report on the UNESCO Scottish Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report
Contributions from: Marilisa Dolci, Marie Bellanger and Robyn Lewis UN House Scotland, in collaboration with: UNESCO, Link Community...
Katie Armour
Nov 10, 201614 min read
The Long Road to Resettlement
Introduction United Nations House Scotland, in collaboration with Médecins sans Frontières, hosted “The Long Road to Resettlement...
Marie Bellanger
Sep 23, 201613 min read
WFUNA’s Sixth Human Rights Youth Program
From the 25 – 29 July 2016, I attended WFUNA’s Human Rights Youth Program at the United Nations in Geneva as a representative of...
Rose Ireland
Sep 23, 20164 min read
Getting to Grips with Guantánamo
UNHS SCISA Expert Kasey McCall Smith (Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Edinburgh) writes on current cases involving...
UN House Scotland
Jun 22, 20164 min read
Paving the path to a brighter future - Mzungu! How are you?!
From the moment I entered the dusty, red, rural town of Ndhiwa, the word ‘Mzungu’ has been my personal cheer-leading chant. Roughly...
Lydia Moore
May 8, 20162 min read
Climate Change Conference: Global Challenges; Local Solutions
UN House Scotland presented an opportunity to explore the impact of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference. COP21 ushered in the first...
UN House Scotland
Feb 23, 20161 min read
Ban Ki-Moon address to UNA-UK audience at Central Hall Westminster
On Friday 5th February, members of staff from UN House Scotland and the United Nations Association Scotland travelled to London to listen...
UN House Scotland
Feb 6, 20163 min read
Arab Transitions: Analysing the Post-Arab Spring Context
The Arab Transitions project, funded through the European Commission’s FP7 framework, continues to offer valuable insight into the...
UN House Scotland
Jan 23, 20163 min read