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Sep 19, 2019
1 min

Edinburgh World Justice Festival: Edinburgh CND

Edinburgh World Justice Festival 2019 runs from 28th September to 19th October. The Festival will include many events throughout the...

UNHScotland

Sep 18, 2019
2 min

Positive Action Training

Positive Action is offering an autumn training timetable for October to December 2019. They are offering a range of open courses on...

PeaceBuilders: Facilitator Training for Primary Schools Event

UNHScotland

Sep 16, 2019
1 min

PeaceBuilders: Facilitator Training for Primary Schools Event

Running since 2015, this Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre project works with schools teaching children how to take care of conflict...

United Nations Association-Glasgow Event

UNHScotland

Sep 16, 2019
1 min

United Nations Association-Glasgow Event

UNA monthly meeting entitled Life Beneath Water will be featured at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 19th of September. The event...

The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Seminar

Jessica Craig

Sep 12, 2019
1 min

The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Seminar

On Thursday 22nd August, UN House Masters Placement Intern Jana Riemslagh hosted a seminar entitled 'The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons:...

Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now

Jessica Craig

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now

The Secure Scotland Seminar was held between the 16th and 18th April 2019 at Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries. The purpose of the...

Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 19, 2019
3 min

Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine

7 am: Early wake-up call to rise and shine! We are excited to start another day, quickly eat some cereal and to head over to the UN...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 15, 2019
2 min

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

In this blog post, I will share some ideas from the past two days of CSW: "It is not enough to promulgate laws: there should be...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day One

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 12, 2019
4 min

Commission on the Status of Women: Day One

Hi everyone! My name is Iuliia and I am an intern at the UN House Scotland. This year, I am humbled to represent UNA-UK at the 63rd...

Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women

Laura Rutherford

Mar 6, 2019
1 min

Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women

On 1 February 2019, UN House Scotland, Soroptimist International and Scottish Women's Convention held a conference in preparation for the...

SCISA Seminar Series Presented at Scottish Interfaith Week

Simen Jordsmyr

Nov 19, 2018
2 min

SCISA Seminar Series Presented at Scottish Interfaith Week

UN House Scotland and its work for promoting peace received much attention as the Scottish Interfaith Week was rounded off at an event in...

UNH Scotland

Sep 3, 2018
1 min

'See Me, Free Me' Report Available

Following the successful 'See Me, Free Me" Campaign and conference in March 2018, a comprehensive report on human trafficking is now...

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: the Creation of a WMDFZ

Erin Thomson

Jul 17, 2018
4 min

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: the Creation of a WMDFZ

Former UNHS intern Samantha Ku presents on the state of WMDFZ. The attempt to create, and subsequently enforce, a WMDFZ (Weapons of Mass...

Report: Scotland's Path to Climate Justice

UNHScotland

Jun 6, 2018
1 min

Report: Scotland's Path to Climate Justice

Download the report. On the 27th of April 2018, UN House Scotland (UNHS)hosted the conference ‘Scotland’s Path to Climate Justice’ in the...

UN House Scotland Launches Report on Football and Modern Slavery

Simen Jordsmyr

Jun 5, 2018
2 min

UN House Scotland Launches Report on Football and Modern Slavery

After a long process of research and writing, UN House Scotland could finally launch its Football and Modern Slavery Report on 23 May....

Meeting with the UN Under-Secretary General to prevent Genocide in Scotland

Elisabetta Paci

May 16, 2018
2 min

Meeting with the UN Under-Secretary General to prevent Genocide in Scotland

“Genocide may seem far removed from Scotland, but conflicts can happen anywhere when people don’t know and understand their neighbours –...

UNHS to offer "Contemporary Identities in the Middle East" in June and July

UNHScotland

May 10, 2018
1 min

UNHS to offer "Contemporary Identities in the Middle East" in June and July

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...

Do We Have the Right to Know? Nuclear Convoys in Scotland

Samantha Ku

May 7, 2018
2 min

Do We Have the Right to Know? Nuclear Convoys in Scotland

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

Samantha Ku

May 7, 2018
5 min

Reflections on NPT2018

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

UNHS CIimate Justice Conference ‘Changes the Moral Compass’

Simen Jordsmyr

May 6, 2018
2 min

UNHS CIimate Justice Conference ‘Changes the Moral Compass’

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

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