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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...
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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...
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Shannon McCracken
Nov 14, 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...
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UN House Scotland
Oct 23, 20193 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...
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UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 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...
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UNH Scotland
Oct 7, 20191 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...
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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...
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Esther Jourdan
Oct 7, 20193 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...
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Wojciech Krakowiak
Oct 3, 20192 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...
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Shannon McCracken
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...
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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...
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Esther Jourdan
Sep 27, 20193 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...
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Shannon McCracken
Sep 25, 20192 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 18, 20192 min read
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...
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UNHScotland
Sep 17, 20191 min read
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...
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