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The In this
issue: CONGO Co-Sponsors World Civic Forum 2009 CONGO’s Board Meeting and Launch of CONGO’s Asia Regional Committee "Perspectives on Transitional Justice & Social Integration: The Role
of Religion" "Political Will at the Center of Achieving Zero Tolerance for Female
Genital Mutilation" 74th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
OECD-Committee for Information, Computer and Communications
Policy meeting "Agrofuels Boom in India: Dead End or Golden Opportunity?" 10th Session of the Human Rights Council 2nd European Brain Policy Forum
Seminar on Gender-Sensitive Labour Migration Policies Be-Free Center International Award 15th UICC Reach to Recovery International Breast Cancer Support
Conference 2009 World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health 2009 World Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health Durban Review Conference Information CONGO Events and Announcements: CONGO Co-Sponsors World Civic Forum, 5 – 8 May 2009, Seoul: CONGO agreed to partner with Kyung Hee University – one of
its associate members – in holding the World Civic Forum in Seoul,
Korea, from 5 to 8 May 2009. The Forum, with the general theme "Building
Our Humanitarian Planet," is a joint initiative of Kyung Hee
University and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social
Affairs (UN/DESA). As a major sponsor, CONGO is encouraging its
members worldwide to attend the Forum. The President of CONGO, Mr.
Liberato Bautista, will be a keynote speaker. CONGO will be leading
a panel on one of the three themes, particularly "Civic Engagement
in Public and Global Governance." More information about the
Forum, including a TV interview by Korea's Arirang TV with CONGO
President Liberato Bautista and Dr. Euiyoung Kim, Chair of the WCF
2009 Steering Committee, can be found at http://www.wcf2009.org
(interview available under "Latest News").
CONGO's Board Meeting and Launch of CONGO's Asia Regional Committee, 23 – 25 February 2009 (originally scheduled for 14, 15 and 16 December 2008), Pathumthani, Thailand After consultation with CONGO Board members, Liberato C. Bautista, CONGO President, announced that CONGO's next Board meeting and the launch of CONGO's Asia Regional Committee would take place from 23 to 25 February 2009 in Pathumthani, Thailand, on the premises of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The meeting and the launch had originally been scheduled to take place in mid-December 2008. CONGO's Board agreed that its forthcoming meeting would encompass the postponed second meeting of 2008 and the first meeting of 2009. The agenda of the postponed meeting and other agenda items recently brought to CONGO's attention will be provided in a consolidated outline in next week's E-Update. Further details and regular news updates are available on CONGO's website.
CONGO Civil Society Development Forum 2009 – Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in regard to Global Public Health, 2 – 4 July 2009, Geneva CONGO's
Civil Society Development Forum (CSDF) 2009 is scheduled from 2
to 4 July 2009 in Geneva. It will be held back-to-back with ECOSOC's
High-Level Segment (6 – 10 July 2009), which will focus in
2009 on the theme "Implementing the Internationally Agreed
Goals and Commitments in regard to Global Public Health."More
information about this event will soon be available on CONGO's website
http://www.ngocongo.org.
Information
about ECOSOC and its Substantive Sessions is available here www.un.org.
A UN-NGO-IRENE
Best Practices Network on Global Public Health is available here
www.esango.un.org. Durban Review Process – Call for NGO Participation CONGO
is calling for NGO participation during the drafting process of
the Durban Review Conference. Information on how NGOs can become
involved in the process is available here. Events and Announcements: "Perspectives
on Transitional Justice & Social Integration: The Role of Religion"
– panel discussion, 6 February 2009, New York "Political Will at the
Center of Achieving Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation"
– panel discussion, 6 February 2009, Geneva
74th Session of the Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 16 February
- 6 March 2009, Geneva The Committee
on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination will convene its 74th
session from 16 February to 6 March 2009 at the Palais Wilson in
Geneva. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), 23 – 27 February 2009, Geneva The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will hold its first session from 23 to 27 February 2009 at Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session the Committee will inter alia elect officers and start discussions on its draft provisional rules of procedure with a view to further strengthening and enhancing the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. NGOs are invited to attend a meeting with the Committee, which
shall be held at Palais des Nations, Room VII, on 26 February 2009
from 10:00 hours to 13:00 hours. NGOs and others wishing to attend
the session should contact OHCHR at crpd@ohchr.org
and request accreditation.A provisional agenda of the meeting
is available here
. OECD-Committee for Information,
Computer and Communications Policy (OECD-ICCP) meeting, 11 – 13
March 2009, Paris The next
OECD-ICCP meeting will be held from 11 to 13 March 2009 in Paris
following a meeting of the OECD Working Party on Information Security
and Privacy (WPISP). A classified draft proposal for the ICCP committee
on the practical modalities for non-governmental stakeholder participation
has just been sent. This document follows up on the decision, now
approved by Council, to revise the ICCP committee's mandate to include
the participation of civil society and the Internet technical community.
Comments are due by 11 February 2009. More information is availablehere.
"Agrofuels Boom in India: Dead End or Golden Opportunity?" 10 February 2009, Geneva SWISSAID
Geneva will present a conference entitled "Agrofuels Boom in
India: Dead End or Golden Opportunity?" featuring journalist,
writer and researcher Devinder Sharma. Sharma will discuss the impacts
on the increasing spread of agrofuels and access to land and food
for the Indian people. The event will be held on 10 February 2009
from 19:00 hours to 21:00 hours at the Maison des Associations,
rue des Savoises 15, Geneva. 10th Session of the Human
Rights Council, 2 – 27 March 2009, Geneva The OHCHR announces that the opening meeting of the 10th Session of the Human Rights Council will be convened on 2 March 2009 at 10:00 hours in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Chamber (Room XX) of the Palais des Nations and will be followed by a high-level segment. The session will continue in the same room through 27 March 2009. Delegates are invited to be present in Room XX, for the opening of the session, at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts.The Human Rights Council secretariat wishes to remind Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office at Geneva, United Nations entities, specialized agencies and related organizations, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions of the following rules and practices regarding the accreditation and the issuance of badges for delegates they wish to designate to attend the council session:Requests for accreditation should be sent to the secretariat of the Human Rights Council, to the attention of Ms. Françoise Kenfack, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, PW 4-092, Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 8-14, CH-1211 Geneva 10 (telephone: 022 917 96 41, fax: 022 917 90 11).
Representatives in possession of an identification badge issued by the Security and Safety Section of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) or the United Nations Headquarters in New York (UNHQ) will have unrestricted access to conference rooms. However, they should announce themselves to the secretariat through a correspondence addressed to Ms. Kenfack (contact details above).
Representatives without a UNOG or UNHQ identifications badge should apply in person at the Pregny Gate security entrance (Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix 8-14). Upon presentation of identification and a copy of the request for accreditation, a photo-badge valid for the session will be issued. The Pregny Gate accreditation office will be open from 08:00 hours to 17:00 hours from Monday through Friday and from 07:00 hours to 17:00 hours on 2 March 2009. The 2nd European Brain Policy Forum, hosted by the
European Brain Council (EBC), will take place in Brussels from 25
to 26 February 2009. The focus of the forum this year will be on
Depression and European Society. More information can be found on the website of the
here.
Sponsored by the OSCE Secretariat and the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, this seminar aims at raising awareness
of the need for gender-sensitive labour migration policies among
policy makers, social partners and other key stakeholder groups
of the OSCE participating states and Mediterranean Partners for
Co-operation. The event will take place from 16 to 17 February 2009
at the Brdo Congress Centre in Brdo. More information can be found on the website of the
here.
The Be-Free Center and ZenDo – Bahrain are sponsoring
awards for presentations of the best practices in child protection
and prevention that utilise creativity and new dimensions. Practices
should focus on online protection, cyber bullying, sexual abuse,
emotional abuse, physical abuse, neglect, societal awareness and/or
parental awareness. Each practice should then lead to the presentation
of solutions or preventive actions. Prizes include $2,000, a "Best
Practice" trophy and certificate and an invitation to participate
in the International Conference on Effective Strategies for the
Prevention of Child Online Pornography, Trafficking and Abuse that
will be held in May 2009 in Bahrain. Material must be received on
or before 15 February 2009. For more information about the award,
contact the Be-Free Center at +973 17242415 or contact@befreecenter.org.
Held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre,
the conference will connect women from around the world to focus
on supportive care for those diagnosed with breast cancer. The conference
will feature a programme of international speakers, unique case
studies and detailed presentations and workshops. More information
about the conference can be obtained by visiting the conference's
website here. The World Federation for Mental Health will convene
its 2009 World Congress from 2 to 6 September 2009 at the Hilton
Hotel in Athens.The theme, "Working Together for Mental Health,"
reflects WFMH's call to action to "Make Mental Health a Global
Priority" and recognizes the crucial role of informed, concerted
and coordinated advocacy across the entire mental health movement.
The congress will provide numerous opportunities for participants
to gain new information and skills, to strengthen current networks
and build new ones, to share their own knowledge and experiences
and to become actively engaged in the global mental health movement.
For more information, please visit the congress' website here.
Please refer to this section for subsequent updates
on this ongoing process.
The Conference Secretariat will review all requests for side events to ensure the broadest participation of stakeholders and a diverse range of themes and issues relating to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Should the request be confirmed, the Conference Secretariat shall be in contact with the organizers concerning the next steps to take including possible time slots, rooms and services available.
Decent Work Decent Life
Campaign Global Campaign against
Poverty Interactive global online
conversation on the "Universality of Human Rights”, by
WFUNA Appeal and Petition for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
www10.plala.or.jp/antiatom/en/WC/e07wc/e-20070902_dec_riso.html
Gender
Training Community of Practice (GT CoP) – UN-INSTRAW www.un-instraw.org/en/community-of-practice/general/gender-training-community-of-practice-gt.html
UN-NGO-IRENE Best Practices
Network www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/irene
NGLS 2007 Yearly Review
of Civil Society www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=462 First Committee
Monitor – Resource on the General Assembly’s First Committee
on Disarmament and International Security www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/FCM.html Globethics.net
Library – A Global Digital Library on Ethics Resources
and Calendar for Peace Issues – International Peace Bureau
www.ipb.org and www.ipb.org/i/newsletters-and-publications/VI-A-ipb-newsletters-and-calendars.html
Fall 2008
NGO Briefings and Events, UN Department of Public Information (UN/DPI),
www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/brief_calendars/Briefing_Calendar_Oct_Dec_2008.pdf
Internet Governance Caucus Website 2009 UNDP Procurement Training Calendar www.undp.org/procurement/training.shtml
Human Rights
Day 2008 (10 December) Information Kit www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Documents/60UDHR/IK_HRDay%202008_En_20081126.pdf 2-13 February 2009: 4th Session of the Universal Periodic
Review Working Group, Geneva www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx
24-25 February 2009: Citizens' Advice Services on the
Exercise of European Citizenship Rights - 6th European Forum, Brussels
www.ecas-citizens.eu/content/view/146/1/
2-13 March 2009: 53rd Session of the Commission on the Status
of Women, New York www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/53sess.htm
12-13 March
2009: First International Conference on eGovernment and eGovernance
– Call for Papers, Ankara www.icegov.info
(Abstracts and general enquiries may be forwarded to icegov@sobiad.org) 20-22 March
2009: Empowering Women for Global Wellness – World Wellness
Women's Congress, Chennai 17-19 April
2009: Cultural Days 2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, www.cads.ch/4529/index.html 18-19 April 2009: Unite for Sight -- 6^th Annual Global
Health and Development Conference, Yale University, New Haven 4-15 May 2009: 17^th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development -- Pre-Registration Open www.un.org/esa/sustdev/mgroups/registration.htm
17-20 June
2009: Building Community Centred Economies -- Conference, Brisbane
7-9 and 9-10 July 2009: InterAction Forum 2009 -- 2009 International Aid+Trade, Arlington, VA, and Washington, D.C. www.aidandtrade.org/view.overview 10-13 July
2009: 2^nd International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG
2009, Orlando www.iiis2009.org/wmsci/website/default.asp?vc=22
7-10 September
2009: Children and the Law: International Approaches to Children
and their Vulnerability -- International Conference, Prato, Tuscany
www.med.monash.edu.au/socialwork/conference09 The
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