Pages tagged "United Nations"

An Invitation to COP26

• Authored by:
• Frank Granshaw

Few people need to be reminded that the past year and a half have been particularly tough for the entire human community. A seemingly unending stream of crises have made exhaustion, confusion, and anger all too commonplace. At times, it feels like the best we can do is simply hunker down and ride out the storm. However, as the storm gets worse, even that strategy doesn’t work so well.

On Debt (July 2021)

COP26 Climate Conference – Useful links

Facing the Limits of Reconciliation

Facing the Limits of Reconciliation

• Authored by:
• Andrew Tomlinson

Western Friend interview with Andrew Tomlinson

On Reconciliation (January 2015)

Openings at Quaker United Nations Office (news item)

Quaker United Nations Office - Climate Science Statement

Two Quaker Observers to COP24

• Authored by:
• Annette Carter,
• Frank Granshaw

2018 was a year of climate records. The fourth warmest year since the beginning of the industrial revolution, it featured intense drought and wildfires in western North America, a devastating hurricane season in the Southeast, unprecedented flooding in southern Asia, and continued loss of Arctic sea ice. It was also the year that the U.N. International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that humanity had twelve years to stave off global climate catastrophe.

On Puzzles (May 2019)

Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping

• Authored by:
• David Hartsough

The Friends Peace Testimony challenges us to find alternatives to war and violence and create peaceful approaches to resolving conflict creatively and without harm.  For the past ten years, Friends from around the world have put these words into action by creating the Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP), an international organization that places teams of civilians from all over the world into conflict zones, where they work with local groups to protect civilians and support local initiatives for peace.  NP teams are strictly non-partisan, and they form connections with all recognized stakeholders in conflict situations.  By forming these broad alliances, NP teams can broker dialogues, protect civilians, and create space for all sides to develop constructive and amicable solutions to conflicts, without resorting to violence. 

On War (January 2013)