The Quaker United Nations Offices in New York and Geneva serve as a Quaker presence at the United Nations, representing Friends' concerns at the international level and facilitating people-to-people diplomacy on global issues. For over 300 years, Quakers (The Religious Society of Friends) have worked for a just and nonviolent society. Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, Quakers have shared that organization's aims and supported its efforts to abolish war and promote human rights, economic justice and good governance around the world. Friends' work at the United Nations emphasizes a patient, consensual step-by-step process in moving toward peace and justice.