On St. Andrew's Day, 30th November 2017, United Nations House Scotland (UNHS) hosted the first ever MUN (Model United Nations) for...

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...

Photo Courtesy of Thana Faroq Mark Lowcock, the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, has warned that unless aid...

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is set to speak at the COP23 Climate Change Conference this week in Bonn, Germany. Sturgeon was...

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...

UNHS and the SDSN wish our friends in Scotland, the U.K., and abroad a happy Diwali! Together, we can make our world brighter for...

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....

As of today, 26 September 2017, over 50 countries have signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. UNHS congratulates...

Today, 25 of September, is the two year anniversary of the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals by all 193 members of the United...