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How likely is a nuclear accident?
HBO has recently released a mini-series ‘Chernobyl’ depicting the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in April 1986. The Economist...
Charly Anderson
Jun 12, 20193 min read
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UNHS Work Experience Placement: Yumi
Check out this new article from our work experience Student, Yumi! Yumi joined UNHS for a week in May and wrote this piece based on her...
Yumi Tsang
Jun 12, 20191 min read
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UNA-UK: An Evening Celebrating the Life & Legacy of Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan was an inspiration to us all. He is not only remembered as an advocate of the UN but also as a symbol for peace, human rights...
Wing Yan
Jun 3, 20192 min read
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POP: Human Rights
In our latest Parliamentary One-Pager, Lottie and Luke explore Human Rights, their Scottish context, and the related implications of...
Lottie van Grieken and Luke Padfield
May 14, 20191 min read
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Commission on the Status of Women: A Midnight Post
On three emerging themes at CSW63: It is now 12:03 am and we are currently sitting under the room of negotiations, patiently waiting to...
Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 22, 20192 min read
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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...
Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 19, 20193 min read
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Read: Endorsement by MSP Bill Kidd on CSW63 Scottish Preparatory Conference Report
UN House Scotland has received an endorsement from Bill Kidd MSP of its report from our inaugural Preparatory Conference for the UN's...
UNHScotland
Mar 19, 20191 min read
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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...
Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 15, 20192 min read
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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...
Iuliia Drobysh
Mar 12, 20194 min read
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International Women's Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter
This International Women’s Day, the world is looking to forge a #BalanceforBetter. Celebrating the achievements of women in social,...
Laura Rutherford
Mar 8, 20192 min read
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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...
Laura Rutherford
Mar 6, 20191 min read
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24th Conference of the Parties (COP24)
In our latest Parliamentary One Pager UNHS looks at COP24, where world leaders established a deal which would see the Paris Agreement put...
UNH Scotland
Feb 1, 20191 min read
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UN House at Geneva Peace Week
The mandate of the United Nations is substantiated on the basis of maintaining international peace and security, develop friendly...

UN House Scotland
Nov 29, 20184 min read
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Recognizing Universal Children's Day with Model UN
United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international...
UNH Scotland
Nov 20, 20181 min read
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Podcast: Fossil Free Now!
Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City council to renounce to...
UNHScotland
Nov 20, 20181 min read
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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...
Simen Jordsmyr
Nov 19, 20182 min read
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POP: Is Scotland on the Path to Climate Justice?
By Ojasvee Arora and Verena Aedo Graphic Display by Federico Aedo Today, Monday, November 12, UN House Scotland has sent to MSPs a new...
UNH Scotland
Nov 12, 20181 min read
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We Need to Think About the Air We Breathe
On the 30th of October until the 1st of November the World Health Organisation (WHO) together with UN Environment (amongst other...
Linnea Sjögren
Nov 11, 20183 min read
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SDG Network: Preparing for VNRs
The Voluntary National Review (VNR) is a mechanism designed to facilitate the sharing of experiences, including successes, challenges and...
UNHScotland
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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What is R2P? (POP)
In our latest Parliamentary One-Pager, Chris toward explores the Responsibility to Protect, or R2P, its history, and its importance in...
Chris Toward
Oct 20, 20181 min read
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