With several events back-to-back within the last week of November and the first weeks of December, UN House Scotland is entering the...

H.E. Muyeba Chikonde with Atishay Mathur at Zambia House in London In a flattering letter to Lorenzo Medici, Machiavelli anxiously offers...

Sent to MSPs on 20 November, 2017, this POP (Parliamentary One-Pager) aims to bring the Scottish Parliament's attention to the developing...

"Mothers protest at homelessness" says the placard at a demonstration in Edinburgh. I wonder: At what point do we all say, enough is...

UNHS is proud to release our latest report, following our participation in World Food Day 2017. The report includes background on global...

The International Labour Organization (ILO) recently released their new report, the 2017 Global Estimates on Modern Day Slavery, and the...

Human trafficking is a multi-faceted challenge with social, political and economic dimensions, affecting various countries around the...

Gordon Brown Speaking at McEwan Hall, University of Edinburgh Speaking at the University of Edinburgh on a Sunday evening, Gordon Brown...

United Nations House Scotland has commissioned a presentation with Atishay Mathur's research findings on the case of Scotland’s new...

"Today the UN continues to make a vital contribution to our collective security by providing a forum for countries to solve problems...

Dr. Shashi Tharoor and Atishay Mathur (with Nehru’s Biography)on October 3rd A day after the lecture on the ‘inglorious empire’ at the...

The network Nukewatch concluded that Scotland is not ready for the event of a serious accident involving a nuclear weapons convoy on its...

View Press Release UNHouse Scotland is excited by the news that our partner organisation, ICAN, has won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize! We...

In May 2017, UNHS hosted a seminar and conference titled 'Yemen: The Forgotten People," focused on the ongoing conflict in Yemen....

We live in exciting times - not least because the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons has been signed at the UN! On Wednesday 20 September...

In 2015, world leaders within the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which are 17 interrelated goals and 169...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) captures the full spectrum of human rights abuses committed under human trafficking such as...

Human trafficking is a global issue that affects developing and developed countries alike; the practice is found within the United...

Friday, 7 July, gave everyone cause for celebration, not just because it was finally the weekend, but because the United Nations adopted...

The crisis created by the war in Syria is a multi-faceted challenge which started in 2011. As of December 2015, it was estimated that 4.3...