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Report: Conference on Women's Mental Health
On the 9th of October 2019, UN House Scotland in collaboration with Soroptimist International Scotland South hosted the Conference on...
UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read


UN General Assembly First Committee
The UN General Assembly First Committee just wrapped up last Friday, as diplomats finished voting on resolutions. Overall, organizations...
UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read


UN Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East
In January 2018, UNHS co-hosted with ICAN a PrepCon on the issue of Weapons of Mass Destructions in the Middle East. We continue to see...
UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read


POP-Conference on Women's Mental Health
On the 9th of October, UN House Scotland in collaboration with Soroptimist International hosted the Conference on Women's Mental Health....
UNHScotland
Nov 20, 20191 min read


SDG 2: Zero Hunger Event
Please join UNHS on the 5th of December outside the University of Edinburgh Main Library for our event on SD2 (Zero Hunger) and Food...
Shannon McCracken
Nov 14, 20191 min read


Human Trafficking Briefing Paper
Our latest and first Briefing Paper on Human Trafficking by the UNA St Andrews Branch highlights the need for a heightened awareness of...
UNA St Andrews
Nov 4, 20191 min read


Air Pollution Parliamentary One Pager
Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Air Pollution by Tammy and Luke explores the legal options in reducing air pollution. Click to...
Tammy Puryicky and Luke Padfield
Oct 31, 20191 min read


German and Spanish Views on Brexit
With the 31st October looming just ahead of us all, the dreaded B word can’t help but be spoken about. But the news we read, as we fly...

UN House Scotland
Oct 23, 20193 min read


Conference on Women's Mental Health
On Wednesday the 9th of October United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) co-hosted a conference with Soroptimist International at the Albany...
Katie Birrell
Oct 15, 20192 min read


Reflection on the UK’s VNR
“The Voluntary National Review process has brought the spotlight from what we do abroad to what we do at home. We have made progress. On...
Chris Toward
Oct 10, 20193 min read


Friends of Earth Scotland: Plastic and the Climate Emergency
In Friends of Earth Scotland's new blog post they seek to explore the lessor known effects of plastics on climate change. They discuss...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


UN House Scotland Mental Health Awareness Event
UN House Scotland and Soroptomist International will be hosting an afternoon of talks and expert-led discussion on Women’s Mental Health...
Katie Birrell
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Opposing Pro War Policies and Modern Day Threats such as Climate Change
The Scottish Peace Network is hosting the event entitled "Opposing Pro War Policies and Modern Day Threats such as Climate Change" this...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


Climate Change Meets Politics
Please join lecturer David Warrilow, President of the Royal Meteorological Society on “Climate Change Meets Politics” at 6 p.m. on Friday...
UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 min read


Mental Health and Single-Parenthood
The final blog post in our series on women's mental health, ahead of our upcoming conference, is from our intern Esther, and looks at the...
Esther Jourdan
Oct 7, 20193 min read


Looking forward: Men’s Mental Health
With World Mental Health Day and the Conference on Women’s Mental Health on the 9th of October approaching, UNHS already wants to look...
Wojciech Krakowiak
Oct 3, 20192 min read


Women's Mental Health: Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse
As part of our blog series about women’s mental health for the upcoming conference on the 9th of October, UN House Scotland and...
Shannon McCracken
Oct 3, 20192 min read


ICAN: UN General Assembly First Committee Starting Next Week
As you may be aware, the UN General Assembly First Committee starts next week on Monday, October 7 and runs through November 8. Delegates...
UNHScotland
Oct 2, 20191 min read


Conference on Women's Mental Health: Delegate Pack
As we quickly approach the date for our upcoming conference on the 9th of October, UN House Scotland and Soroptimist International...
UNHScotland
Oct 2, 20191 min read


Oral Contraceptives and Mental Health
In the second of our series of blogs on women's mental health in connection with our upcoming conference, our intern Esther explores the...
Esther Jourdan
Sep 27, 20193 min read







