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UN House Scotland
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Migration
By Chris Toward Image taken from UN Website: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063482 While it is without doubt that this global...
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UN House Scotland
Jun 7, 20201 min read
PSR: Response to the Murder of George Floyd
PSR Image from https://www.psr.org/blog/2020/06/01/statement-on-the-killing-of-george-floyd/#:~:text=PSR%20stands%20with%20health%20profe...
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UN House Scotland
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Peacekeeping
By Chris Toward As mentioned in a previous blog, the vital contribution of women to UN peacekeeping missions has been formally recognised...
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Hana Shono
Jun 4, 20204 min read
America’s Criminal Justice System and the Problem of Mass Incarceration
Used by 'The Berkeley Group' in https://insights.theberkeleygroup.org/mass-incarceration-and-inequality-in-the-united-states-77bc67f39c5d...
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UN House Scotland
Jun 4, 20204 min read
America’s Criminal Justice System and the Problem of Mass Incarceration
By Hana Shono Used by 'The Berkeley Group' inhttps://insights.theberkeleygroup.org/mass-incarceration-and-inequality-in-the-united-states...
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Grace Broad
Jun 3, 20201 min read
Justice for George Floyd
Image used by the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/world/asia/george-floyd-protest-global.html In light of the recent,...
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Louise Sjöblom
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace
Image from https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/women-peacekeeping This year’s International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers fell on Friday...
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UN House Scotland
Jun 2, 20202 min read
Women in Peacekeeping: A Key to Peace
By Louise Sjöblom Image from https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/women-peacekeeping This year’s International Day of United Nations...
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UN House Scotland
Jun 2, 20201 min read
Justice for George Floyd
By Grace Broad Image used by the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/world/asia/george-floyd-protest-global.html In light...
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UN House Scotland
May 21, 20201 min read
Secure Scotland Seminar Report
The report focuses on how Scotland can 'challenge the narrative of dependency on militarism and aspire to a Scotland that can safeguard...
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Wojtek Krakowiak
May 1, 20201 min read
Making Global Goals Local Business
In times of this unprecedented crisis, it is obvious to say that the global pandemic has severely hit every aspect of our lives. There is...
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UN House Scotland
Feb 5, 20202 min read
International Day of Education 2020: Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace in Chajul, Gu
Photograph taken by Catriona Spaven-Donn One organisation working at a grassroots level to create change and promote “learning for for...
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UN House Scotland
Feb 5, 20202 min read
International Day of Education 2020: Learning for people, planet, prosperity and peace in Chajul, Gu
Photograph taken by Catriona Spaven-Donn On 24th January, UNESCO marked the International Day of Education by emphasising the importance...
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UNHScotland
Dec 12, 20191 min read
CSW64 Beijing Platform for Action 25 years on Women Re-Shaping Technology
Please join Soroptimist International Scotland South and United Nations House Scotland this 5th of February for our conference on...
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UNHScotland
Dec 10, 20191 min read
Human Rights Day - 70th Anniversary of the UDR
Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as...
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Consuella Zhao
Dec 2, 20193 min read
SDG2: Zero Hunger in Scotland
As we approach our event on SDG2: Zero Hunger this Thursday the 5th of December at the University of Edinburgh, we have crafted a short...
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UNHScotland
Dec 2, 20192 min read
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery: 2nd of December
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a yearly event on December 2, organized by the United Nations General Assembly. The...
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UNHScotland
Dec 2, 20191 min read
The Catholic Church and the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Catholic Church has been a leading proponent of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which 122 states, including...
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UNH Scotland
Nov 25, 20191 min read
25th of November - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Why this International Day? Violence against women is a human rights...
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UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read
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...
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