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UN House Scotland
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Good Food Nation Bill POP
UNA St Andrews has produced a Parliamentary One-Pager on the Good Food Nation Bill. The Bill provides a framework to facilitate a just...
UN House Scotland
Apr 9, 20212 min read
Human Rights team Roundtable Discussion on Humanitarian Approaches to Human Rights
On March 31st 2021, the Human Rights team at United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) hosted a roundtable on Humanitarian Approaches to Human...
UN House Scotland
Jan 25, 20212 min read
UN WOMEN UK's Safe Spaces Now Campaign
Women and girls around the world continue to experience violence, harassment and fear in public spaces. UN Women UK is holding a series...
UN House Scotland
Jan 5, 20211 min read
LAUNCHED TODAY Our Adolescent Mental Health Report
Please find below the link to the Adolescent Mental Health Conference Report from our virtual event last year. The report summarises and...
UN House Scotland
Oct 24, 20201 min read
How The Pandemic Has Affected Everyone: International and Global Perspectives
An Event hosted by UNA Aberdeen and Aberdeen University UNA On Thursday 22nd October the United Nations Association Aberdeen & Aberdeen...
UN House Scotland
Aug 13, 20207 min read
COVID-19 In Vietnam under the lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
By Thao Le In the midst of Covid-19, Vietnam was one of the few countries to impose lockdown measures and rapidly build healthcare...
UN House Scotland
Jul 28, 20201 min read
Human Rights and the Pandemic
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has published an infographic on the relevance of human rights recommendations in...
UN House Scotland
Jul 28, 20202 min read
UNESCO GEM Report
The 2020 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report COVID-19 is a serious threat to aid to education recovery – launch of the GEM Report’s...
UN House Scotland
Jul 7, 20205 min read
Yemen: Inside the World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
By Jessica Craig From The Eyes Journal: https://www.theeyesjournal.com/post/the-worst-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-world-the-political-and-...
Chris Toward
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Peacekeeping
As mentioned in a previous blog, the vital contribution of women to UN peacekeeping missions has been formally recognised over the last...
Chris Toward
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Migration
Image taken from UN Website: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063482 While it is without doubt that this global pandemic has had a...
UN House Scotland
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Migration
By Chris Toward Image taken from UN Website: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1063482 While it is without doubt that this global...
UN House Scotland
Jun 7, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and Peacekeeping
By Chris Toward As mentioned in a previous blog, the vital contribution of women to UN peacekeeping missions has been formally recognised...
UN House Scotland
Apr 6, 20203 min read
An Interview with former President Gorbachev on COVID-19
Shared by Pavel Palazhchenko, Mikhail Gorbachev's interpreter Q: How did you take the news of the pandemic? A: I think I took it the way...
UN House Scotland
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Youth Climate Activism and Climate Education
Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Youth Climate Activism and Climate Education expresses the youth's concerns on the climate crisis....
UNHScotland
Nov 21, 20191 min read
Report: Conference on Women's Mental Health
On the 9th of October 2019, UN House Scotland in collaboration with Soroptimist International Scotland South hosted the Conference on...
UNHScotland
Nov 20, 20191 min read
POP-Conference on Women's Mental Health
On the 9th of October, UN House Scotland in collaboration with Soroptimist International hosted the Conference on Women's Mental Health....
UNA St Andrews
Nov 4, 20191 min read
Human Trafficking Briefing Paper
Our latest and first Briefing Paper on Human Trafficking by the UNA St Andrews Branch highlights the need for a heightened awareness of...
Tammy Puryicky and Luke Padfield
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Air Pollution Parliamentary One Pager
Our latest Parliamentary One Pager on Air Pollution by Tammy and Luke explores the legal options in reducing air pollution. Click to...
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...