Quaker United Nations Office

Staff spoke of their work at Yearly Meeting

Climate change. Peacebuilding. Control of seeds. Children of prisoners. What do these issues have in common? They are all work areas at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO).  In a wide-ranging special interest group on Saturday, three staff members from QUNO’s Geneva office talked about their current priorities. Oliver Robertson described the work being done on the problems of children of prisoners and how, over several years, diplomats have moved from not thinking about the issue to wanting to know how to fix it and taking action.

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