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Jul 26, 20172 min read

Unjust and Underexposed: An Introduction to Human Trafficking

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

Reports from New York- Nuclear Weapons Ban

Dagmar Medeiros

Jul 12, 20172 min read

Reports from New York- Nuclear Weapons Ban

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

Inclusive Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Scotland

UN House Scotland

Jun 23, 20174 min read

Inclusive Education for Syrian Refugee Children in Scotland

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...

Solar Kiosk: Bringing Renewable Energy to Rural Kenya

Rebecca Berry

Jun 1, 20173 min read

Solar Kiosk: Bringing Renewable Energy to Rural Kenya

At least 1.3 billion people lack access to energy worldwide. This is a significant obstacle to social and economic development. In Kenya,...

UN House Scotland

May 11, 20172 min read

What You Should Know: SDG5

In February 2017, the Spanish company Memondo Network’s information and entertainment portal, 'Cribeo’, made a video about the current...

Leading up to Yemen: The Forgotten People

Isabella Krabbe

May 11, 20173 min read

Leading up to Yemen: The Forgotten People

This post is part of the Pathways to Peace Seminar Series. Registration for Yemen: The Forgotten People is now open. ‘Yemenis are not...

Jenny Kristine Steffensen

Apr 19, 20173 min read

What You Should Know: SDG 8

There are nearly 2,2 billion people that live below the global poverty line ($2 USD). 470 million jobs are needed globally for new...

Defusing Future Crises: Russia and the West

UNH Scotland

Mar 31, 20171 min read

Defusing Future Crises: Russia and the West

A new report from the European Leadership Network (ELN) has identified at least five potential near-term crisis between Russia and the...

UNH Scotland

Mar 22, 20171 min read

'Syria': A Pathways To Peace Seminar

On 16 September, 2016, SCISA and UN House Scotland Hosted a seminar dedicated to understanding the necessary components to a peaceful...

Microbeads: What Are They and Why Are They Dangerous?

Katie Armour

Mar 22, 20172 min read

Microbeads: What Are They and Why Are They Dangerous?

There are 51 trillion microplastic particles currently polluting the world’s waters. We add to those at the rate of eight million tons...

Humanitarian and Environmental Costs and Responsibilities of Nuclear Weapons

UN House Scotland

Mar 18, 20172 min read

Humanitarian and Environmental Costs and Responsibilities of Nuclear Weapons

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Humanitarian and Environmental Impacts and Responsibilities of Hosting Nuclear Weapons...

Report on the UNESCO Scottish Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report

Katie Armour

Nov 10, 201614 min read

Report on the UNESCO Scottish Launch of the Global Education Monitoring Report

Contributions from: Marilisa Dolci, Marie Bellanger and Robyn Lewis UN House Scotland, in collaboration with: UNESCO, Link Community...

Marie Bellanger

Sep 23, 201613 min read

The Long Road to Resettlement

Introduction United Nations House Scotland, in collaboration with Médecins sans Frontières, hosted “The Long Road to Resettlement...

WFUNA’s Sixth Human Rights Youth Program

Rose Ireland

Sep 23, 20164 min read

WFUNA’s Sixth Human Rights Youth Program

From the 25 – 29 July 2016, I attended WFUNA’s Human Rights Youth Program at the United Nations in Geneva as a representative of...

UN House Scotland

Jun 22, 20164 min read

Getting to Grips with Guantánamo

UNHS SCISA Expert Kasey McCall Smith (Professor of Human Rights Law at the University of Edinburgh) writes on current cases involving...

Paving the path to a brighter future - Mzungu! How are you?!

Lydia Moore

May 8, 20162 min read

Paving the path to a brighter future - Mzungu! How are you?!

From the moment I entered the dusty, red, rural town of Ndhiwa, the word ‘Mzungu’ has been my personal cheer-leading chant. Roughly...

Climate Change Conference: Global Challenges; Local Solutions

UN House Scotland

Feb 23, 20161 min read

Climate Change Conference: Global Challenges; Local Solutions

UN House Scotland presented an opportunity to explore the impact of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference. COP21 ushered in the first...

UN House Scotland

Feb 6, 20163 min read

Ban Ki-Moon address to UNA-UK audience at Central Hall Westminster

On Friday 5th February, members of staff from UN House Scotland and the United Nations Association Scotland travelled to London to listen...

UN House Scotland

Jan 23, 20163 min read

Arab Transitions: Analysing the Post-Arab Spring Context

The Arab Transitions project, funded through the European Commission’s FP7 framework, continues to offer valuable insight into the...

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