by David Swain | 1 Sep, 2019
Aletia Dundas, New South Wales Regional Meeting The Annual face-to-face meeting of the New York Quaker United Nations Office Committee (QUNC) began on 28th March 2019 at the beautiful Quaker House in New York, a 4-story city dwelling with a delightful courtyard out...
by David Swain | 2 Jun, 2019
Virginia Jealous (West Australia Regional Meeting) reflects on an Asia-West Pacific Section webinar In April 2019, twenty or so Friends from different time zones and countries joined Lindsey Fielder Cook (QUNO Geneva) and Susanna Mattingly (FWCC, London) in a webinar....
by David Swain | 4 Jun, 2017
Jackie Perkins, QSA Administrator Many people, aware of QSA and its development work, would think that ideas travel to new community groups via the training classes given to groups of people. Yes that is true, whether it is about new ways to grow food or how to weave...
by David Swain | 4 Sep, 2015
Aletia Dundas, New South Wales Regional Meeting Why go work at the UN? Before I left for Geneva, a friend asked me why I wanted to work with the United Nations (UN). It’s a good question. The UN is criticized for being too bureaucratic, for being a talk-fest and for...
by David Swain | 1 Dec, 2013
Caroline Dommen, QUNO Representative, Global Economic Issues, Geneva In most cities, supermarket shelves are stacked with food from all over the globe, even though only a fraction of food produced worldwide enters international trade. Yet the rules governing...
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