event 4/5

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...

Green Court: The 'Spaceport' Case Report Now Available

Hannah Barrett and Jessica Craig

Sep 23, 20192 min read

Green Court: The 'Spaceport' Case Report Now Available

The second UNHS Green Court event took place on Monday 26th August 2019, in the Moot Courtroom at Old College, University of Edinburgh....

WILPF 2019 Autumn Seminar: Women Go Green for Peace

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...

Edinburgh World Justice Festival: Edinburgh CND

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...

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...

PeaceBuilders: Facilitator Training for Primary Schools Event

UNHScotland

Sep 16, 20191 min read

PeaceBuilders: Facilitator Training for Primary Schools Event

Running since 2015, this Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre project works with schools teaching children how to take care of conflict...

United Nations Association-Glasgow Event

UNHScotland

Sep 16, 20191 min read

United Nations Association-Glasgow Event

UNA monthly meeting entitled Life Beneath Water will be featured at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 19th of September. The event...

The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Seminar

Jessica Craig

Sep 12, 20191 min read

The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons: Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Seminar

On Thursday 22nd August, UN House Masters Placement Intern Jana Riemslagh hosted a seminar entitled 'The Illegality of Nuclear Weapons:...

Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now

Jessica Craig

Jul 31, 20191 min read

Secure Scotland Seminar Report Available Now

The Secure Scotland Seminar was held between the 16th and 18th April 2019 at Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries. The purpose of the...

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...

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

Iuliia Drobysh

Mar 15, 20192 min read

Commission on the Status of Women: Day Two and Three

In this blog post, I will share some ideas from the past two days of CSW: "It is not enough to promulgate laws: there should be...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Report: Scotland's Path to Climate Justice

UNHScotland

Jun 6, 20181 min read

Report: Scotland's Path to Climate Justice

Download the report. On the 27th of April 2018, UN House Scotland (UNHS)hosted the conference ‘Scotland’s Path to Climate Justice’ in the...

UN House Scotland Launches Report on Football and Modern Slavery

Simen Jordsmyr

Jun 5, 20182 min read

UN House Scotland Launches Report on Football and Modern Slavery

After a long process of research and writing, UN House Scotland could finally launch its Football and Modern Slavery Report on 23 May....

Meeting with the UN Under-Secretary General to prevent Genocide in Scotland

Elisabetta Paci

May 16, 20182 min read

Meeting with the UN Under-Secretary General to prevent Genocide in Scotland

“Genocide may seem far removed from Scotland, but conflicts can happen anywhere when people don’t know and understand their neighbours –...

UNHS to offer "Contemporary Identities in the Middle East" in June and July

UNHScotland

May 10, 20181 min read

UNHS to offer "Contemporary Identities in the Middle East" in June and July

UNHS is pleased to offer for the first time a set of short courses. The inaugural session will be led by Dr. Jehan Al-Azzawi, and takes...

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