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...
by australianfriend | 20 Feb, 2012
By Lyndsay Farrall, Hobart Meeting. This year’s Backhouse Lecture given by David Atwood, who recently retired as Director of the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva, is an excellent introduction to the work of QUNO. It provided David Atwood with an...
by David Swain | 7 Oct, 2011
Michelle Harris, Concerned Australians (http://www.concernedaustralians.com.au/) In 2010, two Northern Territory elders visited the United Nations in Geneva. They returned to Australia rejoicing about their personal experiences. Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM from...
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