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Women's Mental Health and the Justice System
As we approach World Mental Health Day on the 10th of October and our upcoming mental health awareness conference, UN House Scotland has...
Shannon McCracken
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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Photocall Scottish Parliament: Thursday 26 September
Join with ICAN Scottish Partner organisations and MSPs to attend a press and photocall outside the Scottish Parliament at 12.45 on...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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Don't Bank on the Bomb Media Report
Don't Bank on the Bomb*, a part of the ICAN partnership (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), has published a report on...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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UN International Day of Peace
Saturday 21 September was the UN International Day of Peace. It has been commemorated since 1981 and this year UN Secretary-General...
UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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Mental Health Parliamentary One Pager
Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Mental Health by Shannon and Esther is available to download here. It was produced in connection to...
Shannon McCracken and Esther Jourdan
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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Green Court: The 'Spaceport' Case Report Now Available
The second UNHS Green Court event took place on Monday 26th August 2019, in the Moot Courtroom at Old College, University of Edinburgh....
Hannah Barrett and Jessica Craig
Sep 23, 20192 min read
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WILPF 2019 Autumn Seminar: Women Go Green for Peace
The UK section of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) will be hosting its annual Autumn Seminar on Saturday, 23...
UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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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 19, 20191 min read
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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...
UNHScotland
Sep 18, 20192 min read
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ICAN Australia: Climate and Nuclear Weapons
Here is a message from ICAN Australia: Dear colleagues, With the UN Climate Summit next week and climate rallies around the world this...
UNHScotland
Sep 18, 20191 min read
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Scotland's New Climate Law
MSPs in the Scottish Parliament will vote on the new Climate Change law on Wednesday 25th September. That means we have just days left to...
UNHScotland
Sep 17, 20191 min read
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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...
UNHScotland
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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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...
UNHScotland
Sep 16, 20191 min read
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European Leadership Network group statement on nuclear arms control
Below is a message from our partner at the European Leadership Network: Today, 110+ members of the European Leadership Network’s senior...
UNH Scotland
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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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:...
Jessica Craig
Sep 12, 20191 min read
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Mongolia Report - Reflections on Mongolia’s Air Pollution Problem
Mongolia. The vast and mysterious expanse of land enclosed between China to the South and Russia to the North seems to have changed very...
Chris Toward
Sep 10, 20194 min read
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Why do some countries have higher income inequality than others?
Income is the flow of money that you receive perhaps based on your work, business, state benefits, and/or properties that you are...
Jurin Katayama Flores
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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Is the U.S. undergoing a recycling crisis?
Source: Huffington Post: Why Southeast Asia is flooded with Trash from America and other wealthy nations - https://www.huffpost.com/entry...
Hana Shono
Sep 2, 20193 min read
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Kazakhstan becomes 26th state party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Below is a message from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). We are pleased to report that on 29 August, the...
UNHScotland
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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Tracing Supply Chains: Chinese Forced Labour Camps
Sustainable development goal 12 is responsible consumption and production – for this goal to be achieved, both consumers and businesses...
Laura Cox
Aug 29, 20193 min read
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