blog 12/16

Mar 22, 20192 min read

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...

Commission on the Status of Women: Delegate Routine

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 19, 20193 min read

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...

Read: Endorsement by MSP Bill Kidd on CSW63 Scottish Preparatory Conference Report

UNHScotland

Mar 19, 20191 min read

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...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day One

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 12, 20194 min read

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...

International Women's Day 2019: #BalanceforBetter

Laura Rutherford

Mar 8, 20192 min read

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,...

Scottish Women Make Voices Heard for UN Commission on the Status of Women

Laura Rutherford

Mar 6, 20191 min read

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...

UN House Scotland

Nov 29, 20184 min read

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...

Recognizing Universal Children's Day with Model UN

UNH Scotland

Nov 20, 20181 min read

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...

UNHScotland

Nov 20, 20181 min read

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...

SCISA Seminar Series Presented at Scottish Interfaith Week

Simen Jordsmyr

Nov 19, 20182 min read

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...

POP: Is Scotland on the Path to Climate Justice?

UNH Scotland

Nov 12, 20181 min read

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...

We Need to Think About the Air We Breathe

Linnea Sjögren

Nov 11, 20183 min read

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...

UNHScotland

Oct 28, 20181 min read

SDG Network: Preparing for VNRs

The Voluntary National Review (VNR) is a mechanism designed to facilitate the sharing of experiences, including successes, challenges and...

Chris Toward

Oct 20, 20181 min read

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...

The Importance of World Mental Health Day

Linnea Sjögren

Oct 10, 20184 min read

The Importance of World Mental Health Day

It is the 10th of October 2018 and it is world mental health day. Today is a day to focus on the third SDG: ‘Good health and well-being...

UNH Scotland

Sep 3, 20181 min read

'See Me, Free Me' Report Available

Following the successful 'See Me, Free Me" Campaign and conference in March 2018, a comprehensive report on human trafficking is now...

How to Be Responsible in a World of Fast Fashion

Linnea Sjögren

Jul 23, 20184 min read

How to Be Responsible in a World of Fast Fashion

One important question regarding sustainability and our consumption habits is the one regarding the clothes that we wear. In an area of...

Observations and reflections of the role of R2P at the UN

Chris Toward

Jul 17, 20183 min read

Observations and reflections of the role of R2P at the UN

I am fortunate enough to be an intern at the United Nations HQ in New York for 5 weeks with The Temple of Understanding: an interfaith...

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: the Creation of a WMDFZ

Erin Thomson

Jul 17, 20184 min read

Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: the Creation of a WMDFZ

Former UNHS intern Samantha Ku presents on the state of WMDFZ. The attempt to create, and subsequently enforce, a WMDFZ (Weapons of Mass...

Linnea Sjögren

Jul 2, 20183 min read

Choosing Between Local and Organic

In reducing our own climatic impact, what food we choose to purchase plays a huge role. Ideally, everyone would purchase organic food at...

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